How much brass is enough?

[ksubuck]

Usually my wife asks me how many rifles I really need. Tonight I got a change up pitched my way. How many pieces of brass do I need? Gee, honey. I don't know.

How much brass do you guys think someone should have for the average hunting rifle? She will never convince me I have too much 223/5.56, but 500 7 rem mag cases? When and where did I pick all of those up?

 

[Guy Miner]

Yeah, that's a lot of 7mm Rem Mag cases...

Good for you!

 

[DrMike]

I go through withdrawal whenever I have less than 200 pieces for any cartridge. Yeah, I probably have at least 500 pieces of brass for my 7mm RM. I sell off excess brass from time-to-time, but won't let it drop below 200 pieces of new brass.

 

[HomerOz]

G'Day Fella's,

ksubuck, man you need to just suggest to your wife-"How many pairs of shoes do you really need"?

Hope that helps........?

Doh!
Homer

 

[russ808]

No such thing.....
russ

 

[nvbroncrider]

G'Day Fella's,

ksubuck, man you need to just suggest to your wife-"How many pairs of shoes do you really need"?

Hope that helps........?

Doh!
Homer

That might come with a rope.

 

[6mm Remington]

G'Day Fella's,

ksubuck, man you need to just suggest to your wife-"How many pairs of shoes do you really need"?

Hope that helps........?

Doh!
Homer

That might come with a rope.

Boy howdy that was a loaded question! I like the response Russ had.

 

[JD338]

You can never have too much brass.
I just picked up some R-P 280 Rem for my 280AI.
I have 300 new 338 RUM so I will never run out.

JD338

 

[Charlie-NY]

200 pieces of brass for a magnum rifle will outlast the barrel unless you load them to unreasonably high levels.
It isn't unusual for me to get about 7 reloads out of my brass, occasionally more. That would be 1,400 reloads (or more) before I needed additional brass.

 

[Divernhunter]

I like between 500 and 1,000 per cartridge.
I have less than that for some.

 

[Guy Miner]

.45 ACP = piles and piles of the stuff.
All other handgun cartridges - maybe a couple of hundred each. Probably 400+ .38's hanging around. Used to have more.

.375 H&H = have a crazy amount for that cartridge. Probably 500 or so... More than I'll ever need, including a whopping big ol' box of new ones that I've never gotten into. 200+ in there as I recall. Bought it from someone here a couple of years ago.

.308 Win = oh yeah, probably a thousand pieces of brass. I like to shoot the .308 Win.

.223 & .204 Ruger have quite a few as well. Time to time I go kind of crazy about varmint shooting. Not like some though!

The other hunting rifles suffer with only 200 each, or so, I'd guess.

Guy

 

[Oldtrader3]

I usually buy 100 of each caliber at a time. That way I can control replacement and rotate brass, still remembering when I bought it.

 

[Wyo7200]

I think that question is based on perspective. I built this pistol brass hopper taller than I'll ever need, but it looks bleak, like I am almost out. No question has been asked,,,

 

[NWBlacktail]

Yeah, totally depends on what kind of brass. But for a 7mm RM, 500 pieces is probably enough to last you the life of your barrel.

 

[Vince]

There is no such thing as too much brass.
Each hunting rifle should have 5,000 rounds already loaded before you worry about too much brass.

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[Elkman]

I am a minimalist when it comes to brass. I know that I have more 45 ACP than any other cartridge. I have more 308 than any other (400) and the least would be the .350 RM. Suprisingly I probably have only a couple hundred .223 brass.

 

[velvetant]

I have enough brass so the barrel wears out about the same time the brass does

 

[rodell]

Varmint calibers mean 2,000+, big game rifles about 500. Handguns, well, let's just say "buckets".

 

[Charlie-NY]

I finally realize where all the brass has gone. LOL

 

[ksubuck]

Thanks for the replies. I shouldn't mislead, my wife is wonderful about all of my crazy purchases. She asked because she couldn't believe I have a cupboard filed with brass and I told her I was still short on a few cartridges.

Glad to hear I am not insane. I thought 500 7RM would defiantly outlast the barrel.