ALBERTA BOY
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NO, they don't. Your reloads are FAR beyond max!
Your experiences with winchester brass please?
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NO, they don't. Your reloads are FAR beyond max!
paperslayer
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here here.
I have about 10,000 winchester brass - ranging in age from 2012 to the 1940s... from 458 winmag to .222. Can't say I've been disappointed too often. Most of it has been shot more than once and some of the 30-06 has done 14 reloads.
I was able to EASILY push pirmers into several Federal FC cases with my fingers after they had been fired only once with the factory load. 130gr Power Shok in .270WSM. Cases had been tumbled, trimmed, and neck sized before I began to prime them.
You definitly have a problem..you might have a tight chamber neck or not enought freebore to get pressure to enlarge primer pocket that way. It is definitly not a normal and safe condition.
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Ok, so I've been followong this thread with interest and I have a couple of questions. let me start by saying I have not been reloading for very long. I do read everything that I can find, but is there a book on how to inspect brass?? What to exactly look for ( with pictures would be ideal ) Splits and deformed necks are one thing but what else should I be looking for, someone mentiond a ring around the base??. I never even thought about case weights ( one manufacter verses another ) but now that this thread has mentioned it it makes sense. Is there a specific book that you may recommend that will let me in on all the tips and tricks that most of you have learned from experience thru years of handloading? I just want to make sure that I'm doing it safely for my son and I. I apologize now if these questions are deemed silly or I have missed something in another thread which explained this.
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I have a primer pocket guage that I use to check primer pockets for expansion.
1-F Federal brass will often have 2-3 cases out of 20 that fail the guage test.
As has been mentioned, even factory ammo from Federal, especially the WSM's,
often expand primer pockets to excess.
I have a 7mm SAUM that will mark the head of the case slightly [ejector hole mark]
but primer pockets are still tight after 5 firings.
I still am using Winchester brass for most reloading when it is available.
Eagleye.
1-F Federal brass will often have 2-3 cases out of 20 that fail the guage test.
As has been mentioned, even factory ammo from Federal, especially the WSM's,
often expand primer pockets to excess.
I have a 7mm SAUM that will mark the head of the case slightly [ejector hole mark]
but primer pockets are still tight after 5 firings.
I still am using Winchester brass for most reloading when it is available.
Eagleye.
Weird. I had the same issue with 6.5x55 brass I bought not a month ago - 9 cracked necks or shoulders out of 150.
I emailed Olin and got a reply from a nice lady asking me if I would mail them the defects back, with the bag, as they would like to check them out. I'll get some coupons or other in return for my time and outlay for shipping (I've not posted it yet).
Otherwise I've had no issue with new straight walled pistol or rifle brass, save for the usual bent necks. I buy used brass where I can, and am pretty brand agnostic otherwise. I think next time I need The 6.5 Swede I'll just order some privi stuff.
I emailed Olin and got a reply from a nice lady asking me if I would mail them the defects back, with the bag, as they would like to check them out. I'll get some coupons or other in return for my time and outlay for shipping (I've not posted it yet).
Otherwise I've had no issue with new straight walled pistol or rifle brass, save for the usual bent necks. I buy used brass where I can, and am pretty brand agnostic otherwise. I think next time I need The 6.5 Swede I'll just order some privi stuff.
