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Essential Tips for Processing Once-Fired Pistol Brass

By Precision Brass | July 24, 2025

Reloading ammunition can be both a rewarding hobby and a practical skill that saves money while improving shooting performance. One of the most crucial aspects of successful reloading is properly processing once-fired brass cases. Whether you’re collecting brass from your own shooting sessions or acquiring it from other sources, understanding the essential steps and techniques…

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How to Prep Mixed Brass for Optimal Reloading Results

By Precision Brass | July 15, 2025

Reloading ammunition provides shooters with the opportunity to create custom loads tailored to their specific needs while developing a deeper understanding of ballistics and precision shooting. When working with mixed brassâ€”cartridge cases from different manufacturers or firing histories, proper preparation becomes the foundation for consistent, safe, and accurate ammunition. Understanding the essential steps in brass…

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Why Crimped Primers Matter in Rifle Brass Reloading

By Precision Brass | May 7, 2025

Reloading rifle brass can be a rewarding and cost-effective way to customize ammunition. However, it also requires a keen eye for detail, particularly when dealing with crimped primers. Understanding the role of crimped primers in the reloading process is essential for both novice and seasoned reloaders. Neglecting this small but vital component can lead to…

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Why Reloading 9mm Brass Is Cost-Effective for Shooters

By Precision Brass | March 26, 2025

For frequent shooters, ammunition expenses can quickly add up, especially when training or competing regularly. While buying factory-loaded ammunition is convenient, reloading 9mm brass offers an opportunity to reduce costs without compromising performance. Many shooters find that reloading not only saves money but also provides greater control over the quality and consistency of their ammunition.…

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How to Store and Handle Bulk Brass Casings

By Precision Brass | February 12, 2025

Properly storing and handling bulk brass casings is essential for maintaining their integrity and prolonging their usability. Whether you’re a dedicated reloader or just beginning to explore the process, taking the right steps ensures that your investment is preserved. This article provides insights into the best practices for handling and storing brass casings to keep…

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Reloading AR-15 Ammunition: A Guide for Gun Hobbyists

By Precision Brass | January 23, 2025

Reloading your own AR-15 ammunition is a rewarding endeavor that offers cost savings and the ability to fine-tune your shooting experience. Whether you’re an experienced gun enthusiast or just beginning to explore the world of reloading, understanding the process and having the right knowledge are essential to getting started safely and effectively. Understanding the Basics…

Nickel Plated Brass vs Yellow Brass

PrecisionBrass.net currently has a generous stock of Nickel plated .223 brass. Nickel typically doesn’t tarnish like yellow brass and if you’re going to carry loaded ammo somewhere exposed, or if you will be loading/unloading your carry ammo into a magazine multiple times, then nickel plated brass casings for your ammo may be exactly what you need.

Law enforcement uses nickel brass for “duty” or “carry” rounds and it may be something you are interested in doing as well! Nickel plated cases looks bright and shiny, and that means you really only need to tumble to the point of it being clean, rather than to get a specific polish for appearance.

Precision brass.net offers nickel .223/5.56mm nickel brass polished and unpolished Nickel is typically slightly “slicker” than yellow brass and can be beneficial for any feeding ramp issues you may encounter. This can be a benefit in a semi-auto platform.

Nickel is resistance to corrosion and nickel plated cases can be good for reloaded ammunition cases that you plan to put on the shelf for an extended period of time, rather than shooting them right away. Nickel plated cases can crack/fail more quickly than yellow brass cases, and that the nickel plating can flake off in the sizing die and can scratch your other cases. We recommend applying a Lubricant to your cases which will lower the likelihood of flakes in your dies.

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Why Handloading Your Ammo Is An Advantage

Financially you will save a lot of money! More important however is you can customize your ammo.

Made specifically for your firearm to the specs that you need means better accuracy. When you purchase ammo from the factory it is typically made to fit a variety of different guns. One size fits all is just not going to cut it for the Precision that you need. Customizing your own ammo allows you to get the best performance out of your bullets .

Handloads will typically be more accurate with brass that’s been fired at least once in the exact rifle you intend to load for. This is because once fired, the brass is expanded to the exact contour of the chamber in your rifle.The easiest step in handloading precision rifle ammunition is carefully measuring your rifle’s chamber/lead dimensions and then optimizing your bullet seating depth when seating bullets.

With special tools you can calculate a bullet seating depth that will minimize the distance the bullet travels forward before engaging the rifling in the barrel.

We take Reloading Brass very seriously because we know you want the best possible chance of accuracy.

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.45 ACP Large vs Small primer pockets

If you do a little investigation there is a big difference between the large and small primer pocket .45 ACP

The bottom line is that small pistol primer.45 ACP are designed and loaded for promotional, value-priced purposes (mostly training and target practice). However, small pocket .45 ACP brass is still manufactured to high quality standards! It’s great brass! especially, when loaded with the correct-sized primer that it’s intended for. Most duty ammunition is all large primer pocket .45 ACP, and large primer .45 is still the most desired primer pocket out of the two options, because of it’s capabilities and availability through precisionbrass.net.

Obviously, all safety precautions should be taken when reloading.

Safety tips and advice from precisionbrass.net

1. Buy brass from a company like precisionbrass.net who pre-sorts the .45 brass
2. Only load larger primers in large primers pocketed .45 ACP Brass.
3. Only load small primers in small primer pocketed .45 ACP Brass.
4. Do not resize primer pockets to try and modify the brass.
5. As always, be alert, pay attention to what you are doing and don’t assume anything. Call or email precisionbrass.net if you have questions or concerns.

These days,with .45 brass being hard to come by, it’s more important than ever to check the origin and quality of the brass you purchasing! You can count on precisionbrass.net to provide you a quality product the first time and every time for that matter. We hand sort all of our .45 brass and it’s the best on the market.

Once Fired Brass Casings

Don’t over spend on amo! We have once fired brass that is high quality and affordable! Precision Brass has a steady supply of brass to keep you going on brass supply of once fired brass.

If you were less fortunate; you picked up brass from public shooting range, digging through the mud and scrounged up some brass fired from an unknown source.

Commercial brass is great for 95% of most people who reload. Most shooters who shoot common calibers like .380, .38 special, 9mm, ..40 S&W, .45 ACP, .223/ 5.56 mm and .308/ 7.62X51mm are guys training, hunting, doing target practice or spending time with friends and family out on the range.

.38 Special Ammo Info

The .38 Special was actually developed by lengthening the .38 Long Colt Round. The bullets were not very accurate during the Spanish American War in 1898 . It’s hard to believe but the first .38 specials were loaded with black powder! Within a year that changed.

What you are looking at is the first Model M&P revolver created specifically for the .38 cartridge. Designed in 1899 and left the factory in 1900 . There is of course the famous Smith & Wesson Model 10 in .38 Special produced in 1899 seen below.

What makes the .38 Special so special? Because of it’s black powder heritage, the .38 Special is a low pressure cartridge, one of the lowest in common use today! As you probably already know the .38 Special is particularly popular among handloaders.

The cartridge’s straight walls, headspacing on the rim, ready availability of previously-fired cases, and ability to be fired in .357 Magnum firearms, all contribute to this popularity. For reloading and once fired brass please click here