Re: sorting brass, different lot numbers?
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: armorpl8chikn</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Holy shit snacks are you reading anything anyone is writing in this thread? Hell I tried but you seem determined to keep asking till you get the answer you want.
I hate to break it to you but noone can answer that question you are asking except you. Listen close cause I am about done with you. Find 2 cases that weigh the same from the two differnt lots. Now prep them. Now fire them in your rifle. Now leave the primer in and weigh each case. Now fill each case with water and weigh again being careful to keep the meniscus even with the mouth of the case. What did you find out? Are they the same capacity within a grain? .5 grains?
I have some bad news for you. This subject is hotly argued among even benchrest shooters. There is no evidence available that will support a correlation between case weight and volume. Extra weight can be anywhere in or on that case and when you fire them everything changes. Weighing new cases is USE LESS. I have seen instances of people agueing about case weight and when presented with evidence that case weight has no correlation to internal volume the case weigher admits defeat and vows to continue anyway because he doesn't know why it shoots better but he knows it does. In 30 years of handloading I have never seen an instance where I noticed a performance increase from sorting my brass by weight. Most real BR shooters and serious F Class shooters use a chronograph to sort brass....no shit.
Weighing brass is a real flame war on every site with a handloading section. No one agrees on the subject and that is the only thing about the subject that is a proven fact.
You want someone to tell you if the brass is similar if it weighs the same. You go on in the last lines of your latest post to demand proof one way or the other. I have some really bad news for you no one can prove that, if they could the information would be all over the internet. I tell you what has been proven over and over. THERE IS NO CORRELATION IN WEIGHT VARIANCE AND CASE CAPACITY. There is no guaranteee that the internal volume is similar based on weight. But that is not what you asked is it?
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> i'm asking if brass weighing the same but coming from different lots is ok to use together.
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Now listen close. Have you read and heard what I have had to say?
The factual answer to your question is Yes..........No.......Maybe. My personal opinion is it will probably be just fine. What brass are you using? Lapua? Norma? Nosler? Don't worry about it.
Are you using Remington? Federal? some other domestic brass? And you say you are a serious competitor? If you are shooting Remington you might as well load em and shoot em cause its all shit.
You won't know till you shoot the damn stuff. You mean to tell me you don't have enough of each lot to shoot through a complete match? You have to mix lots at some point?
You got shooter of the year and several top finishes using brass out of the bag last year, and you are posing the impossible question about brass sorting? Your ammo is fine. You can't win every match. The sun doesn't shine up the same dog's ass every day. Sorting brass to the nth degree will not change that.
I have won my share of matches and I have lost my share. Some days I can do no wrong and others I can do no right. The best ammo in the world won't change that either.
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yes, i am reading what people are typing. a simple answer of "i don't bother weight sorting my brass" or even "i wouldn't mix lots" with no qualification as to why or why not, is not answering my question. i'm not one to blindly do something simply because someone else does it that way. i want to know why i am doing it. i suppose asking for proof one way or the other was a bit much. i guess some reasoning to support why it is or is not a good idea to mix lots is what i'm really after.
you have touched on actual case capacity. i am not going to be able to fire all my cases and check actual capacity. it's just not in my budget this year. i am really limited to the components on hand, which is mixed lots of brass. i am not looking for someone to tell me that if brass weighs the same, it is the same capacity. i want to know if brass from one lot to another will most likely have similar capacity if it weighs the same. i was hoping someone maybe had some firsthand experience from checking this sort of thing. maybe it's not worth the effort finding out and i'd be better off buying more brass to get it all from the same lot. i don't know and that is why i am asking the question. the brass i was successfully using in the past was all from the same lot, just not weight sorted. obviously i know i can't win every match and don't expect to. if i drop a point, i want it to be because of me, not my ammo.
