So, I've never weight sorted brass. Always kinda viewed it as something benchresters do, and it probably wouldn't make much (any?) difference for my purposes.
Now I find myself doing some brass prep for my upcoming 338 Edge build. Intended purposes for that rifle will be LR target / hunting, with target shots out to beyond 1000, which is kind of a new realm for me. Given the nature of that game, I decided to weight sort the Rem brass after doing other prep to it. It started out as virgin Rem 300 RUM brass, and I did the following:
-Neck up to .338
-F/L size
-Trim to length with Giraud
-Tumble for a short time to remove lube / brass shavings
(side note - the primer pockets all looked pretty good to my eye, no noticeable burrs or "hanging chads", all appeared centered)
I then weight sorted them on my RCBS chargemaster and ended up with this:
Out of 80 pieces, the low was 266.8 grains, high was 271.1. If I take out 10 or so cases between the two extremes, the remaining 70 are within about 2 grains of each other. Seeing how that's less than 1% off the total case weight, I thought that was pretty good. As I've never weight sorted before though, I don't really know!
The brass is still sitting on my bench, as pictured. I'm kind of at a loss for what to do with it at this point. How to divide it up, sort it, or whatever. With my 308 I normally load in 50 round "batches". My intent with the Edge is to load in 20 round "batches", simply because I'll probably shoot it a little less at a time (those 300 grain SMKs aren't cheap
).
I'd like a little input on which avenue to take:
1 - Take the 10 lowest, 10 highest, and relegate that batch to zeroing / fouling / 100 yard work / etc. Divide the remaining 60 in 20 / 20 / 20 from low to high.
2 - Divide the whole lot into 20 / 20 / 20 / 20 from low to high, including the extremes.
3 - Jumble the whole lot together and disregard the entire weight sorting thing.
4 - Other?
I suppose at this point I'm leaning toward option 1, simply because I've already sorted them, and I plan to divide them into 20 round batches anyhow. Whatever I do it was an interesting exercise to see how the brass worked out. Thanks for any input.
Now I find myself doing some brass prep for my upcoming 338 Edge build. Intended purposes for that rifle will be LR target / hunting, with target shots out to beyond 1000, which is kind of a new realm for me. Given the nature of that game, I decided to weight sort the Rem brass after doing other prep to it. It started out as virgin Rem 300 RUM brass, and I did the following:
-Neck up to .338
-F/L size
-Trim to length with Giraud
-Tumble for a short time to remove lube / brass shavings
(side note - the primer pockets all looked pretty good to my eye, no noticeable burrs or "hanging chads", all appeared centered)
I then weight sorted them on my RCBS chargemaster and ended up with this:
Out of 80 pieces, the low was 266.8 grains, high was 271.1. If I take out 10 or so cases between the two extremes, the remaining 70 are within about 2 grains of each other. Seeing how that's less than 1% off the total case weight, I thought that was pretty good. As I've never weight sorted before though, I don't really know!
The brass is still sitting on my bench, as pictured. I'm kind of at a loss for what to do with it at this point. How to divide it up, sort it, or whatever. With my 308 I normally load in 50 round "batches". My intent with the Edge is to load in 20 round "batches", simply because I'll probably shoot it a little less at a time (those 300 grain SMKs aren't cheap
I'd like a little input on which avenue to take:
1 - Take the 10 lowest, 10 highest, and relegate that batch to zeroing / fouling / 100 yard work / etc. Divide the remaining 60 in 20 / 20 / 20 from low to high.
2 - Divide the whole lot into 20 / 20 / 20 / 20 from low to high, including the extremes.
3 - Jumble the whole lot together and disregard the entire weight sorting thing.
4 - Other?
I suppose at this point I'm leaning toward option 1, simply because I've already sorted them, and I plan to divide them into 20 round batches anyhow. Whatever I do it was an interesting exercise to see how the brass worked out. Thanks for any input.
