Lets find out who has been reloading a long time

January 18, 2022, 10:04 PM

Il Cattivo

Yeah, there are a couple up front that look like 9mms as well as the one with the Winchester headstamp showing in the upper far right.

OP, would using a few sheets of newspaper be cheating? You might spot the differences and segregate the cases a little more quickly just by standing them up next to each other.

January 18, 2022, 10:06 PM

VictimNoMore

They always wind up stuck inside the .380s.

January 18, 2022, 10:11 PM

p08

quote:
Originally posted by Il Cattivo:
Yeah, there are a couple up front that look like 9mms as well as the one with the Winchester headstamp showing in the upper far right.

OP, would using a few sheets of newspaper be cheating? You might spot the differences and segregate the cases a little more quickly just by standing them up next to each other.

That would be cheating there are 4-5 32's in plain sight! This is what is sad (not referring to you Il Cattivo), I have been reloading for 30 years now. I can walk around the range and tell what caliber cases are on the ground from 4' away.

January 18, 2022, 10:12 PM

BlackTalonJHP

Yep. 32 get stuck in 380 and 9mm get stuck in 40S&W.

January 18, 2022, 10:14 PM

flesheatingvirus

The true reloaders can find the hidden 9mm Makarovs.

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January 19, 2022, 06:15 AM

henryaz

More common, and just as troublesome, is .380 cases mixed in with 9mm, as they are both the same caliber, difference in length only.

January 19, 2022, 06:40 AM

signewt

quote:
Originally posted by henryaz:

More common, and just as troublesome, is .380 cases mixed in with 9mm, as they are both the same caliber, difference in length only.

Iirc there is a slight difference in the rim diameter between 380/9. There's a metal plate accessory for the old 3 colors tub case separator that will pass one but not the other.

January 19, 2022, 07:57 AM

sigcrazy7

quote:
Originally posted by p08:
quote:
Originally posted by Il Cattivo:
Yeah, there are a couple up front that look like 9mms as well as the one with the Winchester headstamp showing in the upper far right.

OP, would using a few sheets of newspaper be cheating? You might spot the differences and segregate the cases a little more quickly just by standing them up next to each other.

That would be cheating there are 4-5 32's in plain sight! This is what is sad (not referring to you Il Cattivo), I have been reloading for 30 years now. I can walk around the range and tell what caliber cases are on the ground from 4' away.

Once you’ve been loading long enough, you can’t see the cases from four feet away.

January 19, 2022, 03:48 PM

GT-40DOC

quote:
Originally posted by Il Cattivo:
Yea

Once you’ve been loading long enough, you can’t see the cases from four feet away.

This ^^^ is soooo true. I see (3) 32 cases I think.

January 19, 2022, 04:44 PM

maxwayne

I have been reloading for over 40 years and own guns in both calibers mentioned. However, I do not reload for either as I don't shoot them that much and have no desire to mess with them,

January 19, 2022, 05:12 PM

dgshooter

I’ve been reloading so long that my eyes can no longer tell them apart!

Seriously, my first Dillon Square Deal was $135.

January 19, 2022, 05:50 PM

David Lee

Its started inside a .380, top left side in photo..

January 20, 2022, 01:50 AM

flashguy

Not a test for me, but I did spot some .32 cases in the mix. I've been reloading since 1972 but don't do .380, .32, or 9mm. I reload bigger calibers: .357 Mag, .44 Mag, .45 Win Mag, .45 ACP, .45 Colt, and .50 AE.

Don't waste my time on puny stuff.

flashguy

January 20, 2022, 02:31 AM

sns3guppy

I've been reloading for several decades. I rarely see .32, and don't see that much .380.

I can stare at a pile of brass and pick out all the brass of one caliber, then find I missed half of them, do it again, still find I missed a bunch, do it again, and still find more. Doesn't matter how many times I do it. Even with sorting sifters. Even obvious differences like .45 acp vs. 9mm.

January 20, 2022, 02:46 AM

OttoSig

quote:
Originally posted by sns3guppy:
I've been reloading for several decades. I rarely see .32, and don't see that much .380.

I can stare at a pile of brass and pick out all the brass of one caliber, then find I missed half of them, do it again, still find I missed a bunch, do it again, and still find more. Doesn't matter how many times I do it. Even with sorting sifters. Even obvious differences like .45 acp vs. 9mm.

Liek separating change, always find another dollars worth of quarters under the pile

January 20, 2022, 04:31 AM

Jelly

quote:
Originally posted by dgshooter:
I’ve been reloading so long that my eyes can no longer tell them apart!

Seriously, my first Dillon Square Deal was $135.

Man do I feel old. Dillon had not yet started up when I started handloading. Much of my Dads handloading stuff was Herters reloading dies and equipment.

January 20, 2022, 01:55 PM

Hamden106

I was loading 270s on Dad's Herters C press in late 50s early 60s.

Today I have 2 Dillon 550s, A Hornady LNL AP and a single LNL. Plus a RCBS single stashed somewhere around here. Have not ever used the LNL AP. Should get rid of it.

January 20, 2022, 02:03 PM

Flash-LB

quote:
Originally posted by Hamden106:
I was loading 270s on Dad's Herters C press in late 50s early 60s.

So was I. But not .270, .30-06, .357 Magnum, .38 Special and .44 Special.