Quick Question: Easy way to separate SPP & LPP .45 brass?

[Soonerpesek]

A busted up Prius!

But it can do 50 mph…….

 

[9mmepiphany]

If you size them on a single-stage press, come in behind that process and tap them all with a LP go-nogo gauge... that should ID the SP brass pretty handily without straining the old eyeballs too much.

That's what I do. I use the primer pocket cleaning bit from my Hornady trio...mounted vertically...and just slip the case over to see if it fits

I’m saving my LPP for something else, trying to use up my SPP .45 brass right now

This is even easier. I load SPP .45ACP almost exclusively in my Lee Pro 6000

If you set up your press to load with SPP brass, when a LPP case sneaks in you won't feel any resistance. Stop and remove the case. The advantage is that the primer isn't damaged by trying to be forced into a primer pocket that was too small

 

[Otto]

Fill an empty ammo tray with the head stamps facing down. Place another empty tray on top of that and flip it over. The head stamps are now facing up for examination. This is the fastest way for me, but I do 100 at a time.

 

[Bill M]

"If you have children. make them sort them! "
My grandaughter was a great helper sorting brass, I'm hoping one of her kids takes up the slack now!

 

[Mark_Mark]

Fill an empty ammo tray with the head stamps facing down. Place another empty tray on top of that and flip it over. The head stamps are now facing up for examination. This is the fastest way for me, but I do 100 at a time.

Easy!: Sorting and Checking Brass with Ammo Tray

Every now and then I see something and think, "I want to try that." This is one of those instances. In this video, I attempt to use an ammo tray from a box...

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SMART!

 

[GeoDudeFlorida]

I don’t know how fast it is but I use a Lyman large primer cleaning tool to clean the pockets of all my .45ACP brass and any pockets the tool won’t fit will be small. Works for me but I don’t mind being slow.

 

[Atavar]

Picking up range brass has caused me to change the way I do things.
After tumbling brass and depriving the first thing I do is pass them through a homemade case length go/nogo gauge. It is just a piece of scrap sheet metal with two notches cut in it, one for SAAMI max length and a deeper notch for minimum. Cases longer than the maximum go in the trim bucket. Cases shorter than the minimum go in the scrap bucket.
Then I have a Lyman case prep station on the bench. I will have an inner and an outer chamfer tool, a large and small primer pocket cleaning tool and an inner case brush installed.
It is a simple matter to pop the case mouth on the deburring tools for a second, a quick plunge on the brush, then the large pocket cleaner. If the case fits it goes to the lpp bucket. If it doesn’t fit the large pocket cleaner the case goes to the small pocket cleaner then to the spp bucket.

Oops, the picture shows a cleaner and a uniformer, but you get the idea.

 

[Reinz]

I was hoping jmorris would show his solution.

He invented some kind of electech whiz bang on one of his auto drive dillions that would stop automatically when a SP case was presented.

Just too awesome.

@jmorris

 

[Dudedog]

I have found it is easier to sort them once they are deprimed. Still a PITA however.

 

[dh1633pm]

I prime on my RCBS hand primer using LPP. If it don't prime, throw it away. SPP 45 brass is a scourge and most likely cursed.

 

[9mmepiphany]

If it don't prime, throw it away. SPP 45 brass is a scourge and most likely cursed.

You're going to be throwing away a lot of cases if you collect range pick-up.

Had a local shooter who bought some once-fired.45ACP cases and over half of them were SPP. Knowing that I shot SPP, he gave them to me...as do a lot of other shooters now. I'm thinking I have somewhere between 3000-5000 that I rotate through...makes keeping my primer supply up easier and less expensive

 

[CQB45ACP]

You're going to be throwing away a lot of cases if you collect range pick-up.

Had a local shooter who bought some once-fired.45ACP cases and over half of them were SPP. Knowing that I shot SPP, he gave them to me...as do a lot of other shooters now. I'm thinking I have somewhere between 3000-5000 that I rotate through...makes keeping my primer supply up easier and less expensive

Agree. Prepandemic, my indoor range collected and sold brass by the bag. For 45acp it was 500 small and large mixed. About 30% of each bag were smalls. I bought five bags and never trashed any.

 

[Mark_Mark]

You're going to be throwing away a lot of cases if you collect range pick-up.

Had a local shooter who bought some once-fired.45ACP cases and over half of them were SPP. Knowing that I shot SPP, he gave them to me...as do a lot of other shooters now. I'm thinking I have somewhere between 3000-5000 that I rotate through...makes keeping my primer supply up easier and less expensive

I like the option of SSP .45 because LPP was very hard to get once! near impossible

Don’t mind sorting, But will definitely keep a feel when I seat primes!

 

[Mark_Mark]

Agree. Prepandemic, my indoor range collected and sold brass by the bag. For 45acp it was 500 small and large mixed. About 30% of each bag were smalls. I bought five bags and never trashed any.

sometimes special about .45 ACP brass. Once clean, they look like gems! can’t toss those bad boys away!!!

 

[Bill M]

LPP is still rare in my area, late last year I stopped by a Sportsman's, (about 150 mi away), and was able to buy 1K Remmington. I gave half to a friend who has spotted me primers in the past, he is glad to have SPP 45 acp cases or he couldn't shoot!

 

[CQB45ACP]

LPP is still rare in my area, late last year I stopped by a Sportsman's, (about 150 mi away), and was able to buy 1K Remmington. I gave half to a friend who has spotted me primers in the past, he is glad to have SPP 45 acp cases or he couldn't shoot!

That's really interesting. Need a field trip out there. It's been a while.

 

[SingleActionAndrew]

If you don't have a ton of volume ... any new to me brass gets reamed, and the small primer won't take the large reamer. Segregate those to a special bin for smalls.

 

[gwpercle]

I take a mixed batch of fired brass and resize & de-prime all of them and then sit down with a little Lee Primer Pocket Cleaner Tool ( part #90101) cost $2.98 ... on one end is Large primer cleaner and other end is Small Primer cleaner ... I get two containers ... I use the pocket cleaner to gauge the pocket size , clean the pocket and toss the brass into it's correctly marked box .
You can feel which size pocket it is with the Lee Primer Pocket Cleaner ... a couple turns and you have the case cleaned and sized ... $2.98 ... it's worth every penny !

 

[Bcwitt]

Use the dull end of a 3/16" drill bit as a go/no go gauge in the primer pocket.

 

[sevt_chevelle]

It's pretty easy using a dillon 650.
Station 1 FW arms decap die.
Install the large primer rod.
When you hit a small primer pocket it jams the press.

Now you have deprimed and separated brass.

 

[lightman]

I've used a primer pocket uniformer as a go/no go gauge.I can usually tell by looking but sometimes after a long day at the bench my eyes get crossed! Using a drill bit is a good idea.

 

[Mark_Mark]

Use the dull end of a 3/16" drill bit as a go/no go gauge in the primer pocket.

YEP! just figured that out

 

[jmorris]

I was hoping jmorris would show his solution.

He invented some kind of electech whiz bang on one of his auto drive dillions that would stop automatically when a SP case was presented.

...Playing with guns...It actually just kicks the SPP case out of the shell plate and you keep going. On a 1050 while loading.

Small primer pocket culler.

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And a stand alone machine that decaps then sorts by primer pocket size, no dies involved, just a Lee collet style decapping pin.

Auto decap and 45 ACP primer pocket sorter.

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[Boom Vang]

I suggest starting at the source. Piss on the SPP .45 Auto brass and box it up/send it to the President of Federal/Speer/CCI...

 

[Otto]

^^ If you can’t source large pistol primers, it’s good to have 45acp brass that can be primed with SPP’s. I also use small primed 45’s when I don’t or can’t retrieve them (indoor ranges).