A lesson in patience

[earthquake]

So I decide last minute, to drive from CO to OH to visit my family for New Years. In another thread/post, Varget Volume Thread I had my father here try and reload some ammo for me but it wasn't working out well with the Varget. I decided to have him ship it all back (w/o powder) so I could do it myself with another Hide members help. Now he won't need to ship it and I can bring my powder (7-lbs. of Varget) back with me!

However, before I last-minute decided to drive out here, my dad, being the efficient guy he is, decided to pour the 800 SMK's into a cigar box for shipping. Well...he didn't notice that 300 of those 800 bullets were 168 gr. while the rest were 175 gr.!

So now I'm here in Ohio, putting one bullet at a time on his scale and separating them! Tis the season!

20 down....780 to go!

 

[shankster..]

Re: A lesson in patience

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: COfox</div><div class="ubbcode-body">So I decide last minute, to drive from CO to OH to visit my family for New Years. In another thread/post, Varget Volume Thread I had my father here try and reload some ammo for me but it wasn't working out well with the Varget. I decided to have him ship it all back (w/o powder) so I could do it myself with another Hide members help. Now he won't need to ship it and I can bring my powder (7-lbs. of Varget) back with me!

However, before I last-minute decided to drive out here, my dad, being the efficient guy he is, decided to pour the 800 SMK's into a cigar box for shipping. Well...he didn't notice that 300 of those 800 bullets were 168 gr. while the rest were 175 gr.!

So now I'm here in Ohio, putting one bullet at a time on his scale and separating them! Tis the season!

20 down....780 to go! </div></div>

LMAO!!! That is too funny. What a great story.

 

[E3C3H3O3]

Re: A lesson in patience

Great story, I would save the sorting for when you get sick of the family and need to go hide for a couple hours, have fun

 

[ArcticLight]

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OMG...

Still a test of patience but you should be able to visually separate thos I would think based on length..

 

[dadzic]

Re: A lesson in patience

lol. Let us know when you are done.

 

[macthknife]

Re: A lesson in patience

No need to do that. 175s have a longer base than 168s. You can tell the difference visually.

 

[earthquake]

Re: A lesson in patience

Done.

I did start to notice that the 175's were a bit longer, but to be absolutely sure, I used his digi scale. I started doing two at a time. 350 gr. = two 175's, 336 gr. = two 168's and 343 gr. = one of each.

 

[doc76251]

Re: A lesson in patience

Damn, that's funny but brings back memories. A bud gave me a "can" of boolets once. D46's, 168's and 175's all mixed. The D46 were easy. I ended up measuring a 168 and cut a notch in the side of a 3 X 5 card. If it fit it was a 168 if it hit it was a 175. I did have to adjust the "fit" part when I realized there were Sierra and Hornady 168's in the mix.

I did try lining them up on the table but after knocking over one which knocked over 20 more I gave up after the 4th or 5th time

Cheers,

Doc

 

[chris112]

Re: A lesson in patience

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: doc76251</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I did try lining them up on the table but after knocking over one which knocked over 20 more I gave up after the 4th or 5th time

Cheers,

Doc </div></div>

You might want to try using an ammo tray. Can sort 50 at once and they don't tip each other over. You would be suprised how easy it is to spot the difference in length this way.
Yes, I've had to do this job a time or two. But not 700+ pieces.