Saving Brass

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Hello!

I have decided to post here and participate in this group as well as the other....RJLand on the other site.

I have questions.

In the future, I will probably go ahead and try my hand at reloading.

I've been saving my revolver brass, .38 special.

I need to know if the brass should be cleaned and stored, or can I wait until I make the plunge and just keep the brass in plastic bags until I'm ready to work with it? Will the residue in the casing cause corrosion or be harder to clean the longer it sits?
 
modern smokeless powder has nothing in it to cause corrosion, esp to something as sturdy as brass.

FWIW I saved up brass for years before I started down the dark path. Same with lead....saved and grabbed as much as I could before I bought the first mold.
 
I use home depot buckets and lid with a thick plastic liner to keep the bucket clean when storing spent brass.
 
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modern smokeless powder has nothing in it to cause corrosion, esp to something as sturdy as brass.

FWIW I saved up brass for years before I started down the dark path. Same with lead....saved and grabbed as much as I could before I bought the first mold.

First, Thanks to all that replied!

I'm in the process of saving brass and am working on a possible lead source. I know a guy who knows a guy that has a lot for a business he runs. If he won't sell me some at a decent rate, at least he may be able to put me on to his source.

I use a home depot buckets and lid with a thick plastic liner to keep the bucket clean.

BP- I haven't graduated to buckets yet. It's a lofty goal, but one I intend to pursue!
I miss the stories you posted elsewhere. I didn't usually comment on them, but I did read the ones I hadn't already seen!
 
I use those Sterilite boxes (about the size of a shoebox) to keep my brass in. They are cheap enough that I have one (or more) for dirty brass and one for cleaned brass for each caliber. One of those holds a little over 1000 pieces of .45 ACP brass.
 
I use those Sterilite boxes (about the size of a shoebox) to keep my brass in. They are cheap enough that I have one (or more) for dirty brass and one for cleaned brass for each caliber. One of those holds a little over 1000 pieces of .45 ACP brass.
That is what I do for most of my brass, but I have started collecting a lot more 223, 9mm, and 45acp so I have a 5 gallon bucket of each for those. I may have to cut back to 3 gallon buckets, as a 5 gallon bucket of 9mm is over 70 lbs!
 
Brass can sit without cleaning and wait for you to use it. I often reload brass 2 or 3 times without cleaning it.
 
Brass can sit without cleaning and wait for you to use it. I often reload brass 2 or 3 times without cleaning it.
No problem with that at all, just make sure you wipe of the outside of the case so it won't scratch the resizing die. Anything more than wiping off the outside is just a matter of personal preference. (I'm talking about fresh-fired brass, not range brass that has been on the ground for a while).
 
I store brass n ammo cans. Costs a bit more than buckets, but they stack well.

I would store yours dirty in a bucket with no lid. Sealed up you risk condensation which causes corrosion. Unlikely to ever really be a problem, but easy to avoid it.
 
I use a fairly cheap tumbler for cleaning with dry walnut shell media from the pet store, it is easy and effective enough. I store open and dry in Amazon boxes.


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