Mixed Brass Question

[PapaWheelie]

Yes, I understand. My wife came out to my shop the other day to call me in for lunch and just looked around at my tools and equipment (I have two tool chests stuffed with a 25 year accumulation of mechanic's/electrician's tools). Later that evening she asked me what is she going to do with all that stuff when I die. I gave her the names of two friends and told her to give them the keys for the shop and have them empty it. I'm sure they would enjoy that (about 2,000 cast bullets, 200 lbs of lead ingots, 20+ lbs of powder, 5,000 empty cases, 1,000 jacketed bullets, 4 presses, 12 die sets and about 1.58 metric tons of assorted reloading tools...).

I have way too many hobbies and have collected years of "stuff" from each. I seldom throw anything away. You know - you never know when you might need it.
My son has already told me that when I'm gone he's going to have a rummage sale with a one dollar pile, a five dollar pile, and a ten dollar pile.....

 

[Nightowl]

As was stated in one of the above posts, Hornady .357 brass is significantly shorter than other brands and should be separated and loaded separately, due to pressure and crimping differences.

Personally, I just throw them away as they are more trouble than they are worth! They are such a small percentage of my brass and I have so few rounds that they are not worth doing separately.

 

[mtgianni]

If there is a line after the star you will find no better brass than Star-line.
Back in the day if you ordered 10,000 wadcutters you could get any headstamp you wanted, including your own name.

 

[stansdds]

Starline is excellent brass, but their case head stamps do vary. All of them have a star, but some will be *- or *-* or *-*-* or -*-. Most of their brass have a 5-pointed star, but some of their brass have a 6-pointed star.