I generally don't do sorting

by bj , Saturday, February 23, 2013, 23:52 (4293 days ago) @ Warhawk

For some loads I will try to keep brass together, others I don't worry about it.

Cases from autos end up on the ground and all get picked up in one batch, sometimes mixed with range brass. It is not practical for me to keep them separate.

For revolver ammo I can more easily keep the cases in their own 50-round box.

I don't think it matters for my shooting though. Most of my shooting is casual plinking where a slight difference in accuracy isn't a factor. I like to keep them together as much as I can so that the loaded rounds all look about the same, and so they will start failing all at about the same time.

For the ammo that we shoot in matches I do try to keep it together and I keep track of the number of loadings so I can throw it all out at the same time. This can be hard to do because it ends up on the ground, but I've observed how other people do it and I have a new plan. On the next new batch of brass that I prep, I will use a colored Sharpie to mark a colored band in the groove in front of the rim. This should help me keep my brass separate from my daughter's brass.