CoalCrackerAl
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I used to separate them as i processed. Now i keep a some small primers handy while loading. When i find a small one. I place a small primer in the priming cup.
Yup. This ^^^^%A variation on option 1. I bought a bunch of once-fired brass that was a mix. After decapping/tumbling/drying, I used the Lee primer pocket cleaner as a go/no go gauge.
Eventually, I started grabbing about 5-7 at a time (oriented base down) and it was pretty easy to identify the SP brass by eyeball.
Luckily I saved and shelved all my small primer brass because for a while all I had was small primers.
I do have a backup plan......it just doesn't involve keeping SPP 45s at this time.Toss it in a bucket. LPP are scarce right now. You may wish you had a backup plan.
I here you on aluminum casing. I've been finding 38 spl lately that is aluminum. I've been picking up about 1 45 ACP to 15 9mm. I did find 25 brass 38s a couple weeks ago.
On the OP. SPP 45 looks very different to me. But I hand prime so it would never make it past priming.
Yup. The key is VISUAL ASPECT RATIO. LPPs are probably 1/2 diameter of a 45 case head, where LPP are probably 1/3 or less.I may be the odd man out, but I can tell the difference by looking at the cases. (Not a "super reloader", I just have hat 50 years as a machinist/mechanic). Using some sort of gauge seems really tedious and for me too much work...
Hint; place a lager primed and a small primed case primer pocket up, compare one in your hand with the two and after a little practice one can see the difference.
I sort them by caliber, and sort the small pistol primer from the large pistol primer. Small pistol primer brass is positively dangerous on a progressive press. Luckily I have caught them, on a Dillion 550B, because I can feel abnormal resistance, and have not set off a large pistol primer by crushing it on the bottom of a small pistol primer case.
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I think this is just a small pistol primer going kaboom in a small pistol primer pocket.
Skylab here we come!
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Used to keep an eye out for AMERC brass and toss that, but AMERC has been out of business so long, I have not seen any of that brass in a long time.
Surprising number of people had problems with AMERC
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I did not have a blow up, but I had AMERC brass drop their primers before firing, and lots of the stuff had off center flash holes, which was hard on decappers.
If sorting brass by maker makes you feel good, go do it. I cannot tell a difference on paper, and that is true for most Bullseye Pistol Shooters. Though many segregate their brass so they can identify it when it hits the ground.
Once it’s sorted out SPP 45 is just as good as LPP 45 so I also keep it all.
The problem was there was no www to spread the news. This is the reason the 650 was pulled and upgraded.
The 650 has the most reliable primer feed system out of all of the progressive reloaders,
We have technology to help.
Use the zoom feature of your smartphone's camera to see details of case rim (My wife's idea).
Get a table top tripod with octopus legs for optimal viewing angle - https://www.amazon.com/Flexible-Portable-Universal-Compatible-Smartphones/dp/B0B457SMHP/ref=sr_1_9?
Why to much thought into this.
1.Load that dillon 650 up.
2.install lpp primer punch
3. Install deprime die
4. Run press
You will fell those SP cases as the press won't go into its full range.
It's same concept as the JMorris built machine.
I agree. Never had a problem with mine and wouldn’t look at a 750 as an “upgrade”.