Forgot how many times I've reloaded, should I toss my old brass?

Keep running it; Pistol brass needs to go when it shows a crack or the primers start falling out; I neck size only for my 6.5 x 55, and that brass seems to go on and on and on.
 
B said:
That will give him a great idea of how thin the piece of brass he just ruined is... Brass is not completely uniform and different loads will progress at different rates.
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I guess that is true if he can't tell if one of his brass is older or not.
 
I check all my cases but the only ones I have any real concern over are the .303b. they were all fire-formed to a specific ride (I have 4 x no4 and a no5) and even my hottest loads aren't at prescribed max charge. I have a set that I've realoaded at least 10x but I don't actually count. I had a split neck once that I tossed, every other brass I've thrown away was to air on the side of caution, no noticeable splits or bulges but if I saw a ring or something that wasn't there last time I just shrug and throw it out.
The brass for the .444 was expensive but some of them have been reloaded more than a dozen times and show almost no signs of wear aside from getting tarnished.
 
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