I “strain” my brass through half of an old media separator (intended for dry media and brass separation) that I place over a bucket. The brass stays in the separator/strainer as does some of the ss pins. I place an old, thin t-shirt over the bucket which is held in place by a large rubber band. The t-shirt catches the ss pins while letting the water pass through. I then hand pick the brass from the strainer (having to dump out some ss pins that are still inside the cases). This part is a little tedious. After that they go in the colander for rinsing and drying.

Here's a picture of my separation setup.

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I recently weighed my ss pins and found that I had only lost a negligible amount of pins (in the few tenths of an ounce range).