RE: 5 pounds...
mossy.. the guys who shoot that cannon seem to be fairly reluctant to shoot it many times at one whack..lol. Soon as I get enough to send its all yours...Im probably around 15 pieces now. I havent even sorted it all yet. I cant see me ever being brave enugh to tackle on of them things on a regular basis..lol.
bronko I have 3-5 gallon buckets full from the last coupla years and today and next weeknd will be the heaviest usage of the year and I havent even went down there yet today...lol. Only complaints I have if you could call it that is that an honest 70-75% of it seems to be 270-30-06 brass. Id say 243, 30-30 would rank next followed by 7mag and 300 win mag. Its hard to find the stuff I reeally want like the 7-08 and the 6.5 swede..lol. I dont figure those items are very mainstream here...and it seems like most of the guys with th 7-08's are rolling their own. It seems to be one of the preferred catridges for the enthusiasts now.
Suffice to say...rumors of the 270 and 30-06's demise were waaaaaay exaggerated...lol. The new short stuff is nice and I do see a lot of wsm brass but the majority of it is the 300wsm. However they definitely arent making any inroads on the old standards around here. I guess if all else fails I could probably make some 7-08 from the 243 brass but I havent looked at how big of a job that is.