Strange findings.

[Brick]

I only recently started reloading for .357 Magnum rifle and revolver. I had a collection of once fired factory brass, but limited in number. So I just took possession of 500 once fired mixed headstamp cases from The Brassman. I tumbled them all and now they're nice and clean and since it is winter and I've enough time I've been sizing and trimming them as I go along. I'm finding a pretty wide range of case lengths as I go. Some are over 1.590" (maximum length) many are right at the 1.585" "trim to" length and there's even a bunch that run as short as 1.570" (notably Aguila and some Starline).

So I'm going to stake things out like this: 1.584" - 1.586" goes right into the pile with no further processing. >1.585" gets trimmed, chamfered and primer pocket cleaned. <1.584" gets tossed into a separate pile for use in light lead bullet loads. Probably to be loaded with A#5 so I can use up my current supply.

Any thoughts?

GRRRR! Too damn many numbers running around in my head! Max case length for .357 Mag. is 1.290" so the numbers I show should be 1.285" (trim length), 1.284" - 1.286", >1.585" and <1.284"