« Reply #21 on: March 09, 2017, 07:24:59 PM »
I always figured they weigh the bulk brass instead of counting it. I have come up with a few extras before with new boxes of brass but never that many. Usually 3 or 4 pieces.
I've been told by folks in the trade that in fact they do weigh them. I was shown tables of weights & numbers.
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