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The steel cases cannot be reloaded. You can sort the brass cases by headstamp and store them in a cardboard box of one sort or another.I'd shy away from storing them in a plastic bag.
my guess would be that the zip-locks don't breath and may promote moisture problems..... unless desiccant is used as the OP suggested.Lee
You can just toss them in a plastic zip lock. Trash any and all steel cases. I like to sort my brass by head stamp and number of times reloaded.
HHHMMMM all the new brass I have gotten in bulk have been shipped and I stored in plastic bags and we are talking in 1000's. Guess I have been wrong for almost 50 years and it won't work. DAMMMM got a bunch of bad brass stored. I don't store wet brass how ever.JMOLEN
Quote from: Jim the Plumber on July 01, 2014, 10:40:12 PMThe steel cases cannot be reloaded. You can sort the brass cases by headstamp and store them in a cardboard box of one sort or another.I'd shy away from storing them in a plastic bag.Hmmm, guess I better not do it anymore
Quote from: carpsniperg2 on July 01, 2014, 10:39:15 PMYou can just toss them in a plastic zip lock. Trash any and all steel cases. I like to sort my brass by head stamp and number of times reloaded.When I started reloading for my .243 I was told that you could only reload the cases 5 times. I developed an complicated system of marking each case to tell how many times they had been reloaded. After a few years I found out that you can reload a case until the neck splits. I started reloading in 1969 and I believe that I still have cases that I started with. I normally take the cases and run them through the polisher and then check them for neck splits. I dispose of any that show signs of neck split.I hope that this helps in a small way. Good luck and good reloading.
Quote from: Wazukie on July 02, 2014, 04:44:32 PMQuote from: Jim the Plumber on July 01, 2014, 10:40:12 PMThe steel cases cannot be reloaded. You can sort the brass cases by headstamp and store them in a cardboard box of one sort or another.I'd shy away from storing them in a plastic bag.Hmmm, guess I better not do it anymore Can you take us through your process for reloading steel cases please.
To clarify,you can store brass cases in anything you like. I have over 200,000 pieces of brass, so I store brass in whatever is handy, which includes plastic bags.I still recommend a person new to reloading 'shy away' from storing fired brass in plastic bags.Primarily because the OP lives on the west side, there is a chance he will shoot in the rain, collected brass may be wet, ergo, moister problems.Once he has become a seasoned reloader, this issue will have been vetted. Hopefully this will clear up my reasoning for those out on work release.
Quote from: Wazukie on July 02, 2014, 04:44:32 PMQuote from: Jim the Plumber on July 01, 2014, 10:40:12 PMThe steel cases cannot be reloaded. You can sort the brass cases by headstamp and store them in a cardboard box of one sort or another.I'd shy away from storing them in a plastic bag.Hmmm, guess I better not do it anymore Well I did answer the OP with a certain amount of brevity. You can ( and I have) reload most steel cases. You can also load 6mm bullets in a 30 caliber case, as well as a slew of other more advanced loading practices.I've been activity loading ammunition since 1977, so I'm aware of the ins and outs of ammunition loading.Feel free to quit loading steel simply because I advised the OP it cannot be done within his realm of reloading experience.