For a long time, the small primer brass hit the scrap bucket but recently I began to lay it back for emergency use. Let's hope brass never becomes so scarce that we need to scrounge brass we culled as unusable!
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There a special place in hell for the one(s) that came up with the idea....
Passive aggressive, l like it.I reload it.
For ranges that won't let me pick up my brass.
I reload it.
For ranges that won't let me pick up my brass.
As I recall, it all began with a new brass extrusion process pioneered by Federal. In the aim to save brass, they hit upon the bright idea that a smaller primer pocket and flash hole would save even more brass, thereby reducing the cost per round. I remember vividly the days when a box of 50 rounds of Federal cost less than ten bucks ($9.97) at Wally.
By golly, the experiment worked wonderfully with small pistol primers.
There you go ... the road to ruin is often paved by good intentions.
On the other hand, if you sort your brass by head stamp, clean it, and give it a quick eyeball, you WILL notice the small primer pockets.
That can be a PIA for range pick-up brass.
Be well.
Trying to hold a turd by the clean end Ben?Back a few years ago when no .45 ACP brass could be found anywhere, switching entirely to the small primer stuff was a viable option. Throughout that shortage, it was available in bulk at good prices.
Just trying to add a note of positivity...