Case per Pound Conversion?

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  • natdscott

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    7,000 grains per pound.

    Weigh a casing. In the case of .223, it would be about 95 grains.

    7,000 times 3 pound capacity = 21,000 grains.


    21,000 grains divided by 95 grains per casing =

    221 casings per batch.


    -Nate
     

    natdscott

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    It's not needed to be that precise Tactically Fat. It's just a tumbler.

    -Nate
     

    Indy-Mike

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    Found this on some forum for case amounts

    9mm, 59.46gr/ea, 117.7cases/#, 8.5#/1000
    38spl, 68.06gr/ea, 102.8cases/#, 9.7#/1000
    40s&w, 70.1gr/ea, 99.9cases/#, 10#/1000
    .357mag, 78.3gr/ea, 89.4cases/#, 11.2#/1000
    .45acp, 89.58gr/ea, 78.1cases/#, 12.8#/1000
    .223, 95.28gr/ea , 73.5cases/#, 13.6#/1000
    .44mag, 114.38gr/ea, 61.2cases/#, 16.3#/1000
    50bmg, 865.26gr/ea, 8.1cases/#, 123.5#/1000

    1gal ziploc freezer bags to store your brass, each (full) bag contains:
    9mm, 15.6#, 1836cases
    40s&w, 12.2#, 1219cases
    45acp, 11.4#, 890cases
    223, 11#, 809cases

    5gal bucket
    9MM = 8500-9000 pieces
    .40 S&W = 7000-7500 pieces
    .45 ACP = 3800-4000 pieces
    ** All weights are uncleaned fired cases with the primer remaining.
    Individual case weights were derived using an average of mixed brass weights (except 50bmg)
     

    bwframe

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    Drying the brass takes forever. I have no patience for such.

    $50 for the Frankford (dehydrator style) brass drier was a great investment for me. It doubles as a drier for quenched cast bullets also.
     

    t-squared

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    Drying the brass takes forever. I have no patience for such.

    $50 for the Frankford (dehydrator style) brass drier was a great investment for me. It doubles as a drier for quenched cast bullets also.

    I put a little hunk of scrap 2x4 under each corner to allow air flow under the screen and let a small fan blow over it. If you deprime first the brass is completely dry doing this overnight. If you don't deprime before wet tumbling it takes a lot longer to get the primer pockets completely dry.

    If you don't have a bunch of spare brass, and NEED to get that load dry and in the press, I could see where a drier would be worth it.
     

    Doublehelix

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    The Franklin Armory Rotary Tumbler (FART) can take 13 pounds of pins + cases (the water makes up the rest of the max load of 38 lbs). I have 5 lbs of pins, which means I can put in 8 lbs of brass.
     

    Ericpwp

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    Quick tip is to put the BAM in an inside-out bag. Keeps the pins from sticking to it, and they are already bagged up.
     

    Doublehelix

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    Another thing that I use, is a 2L pop bottle, with the top section cut off. I found that this holds about 6 lbs of 9mm shells. I used to tumble 6 lbs at a time, and now I tumble about a bottle + 1/3 to get up to the 8 lbs.

    I use the Franklin Armory BAM, and love it. When you pull the handle, it disengages the magnet, and the pins drop into the container of your choice.

    I have found also that I give my cases a final rinse using RO (reverse osmosis) water, and now I don't get any dry water spots either.

    I can't remember if you say that you are decapping first or not, but I am doing that now, and my primer pockets are as clean and shiny as the rest of the brass. A lot of folks claim that this is an unnecessary step, and they are probably right, but I do like the clean primer pockets, and I can whip through them pretty quickly using the Lee Universal decapping die and the Lee Classic Turret press with the inline Fab case ejector (I have a modified "flipper" with 4 fingers so I get a case to eject with every pull of the handle instead of every 4th pull).

    Crappy video, but I demonstrate this at about 5:15 of the following:


    [video=youtube;Vu3xF0VIHEc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vu3xF0VIHEc&feature=youtu.be[/video]
     
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