Cracked neck 32-20 good for 8mm Lebel?

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It seems that my present batch of Starline 32-20 is getting a bit of age on it. Getting the odd crack on the neck and one or two wrinkled necks every reloading session.
Is this stuff still gtg for 8mm?
I don't have an 1892 but I'll throw it in a box if its useful to someone here.
 
Ive not an appreciable amount yet, but if it keeps giving me grief...might retire the lot and start fresh.
Hate to see it go to waste, got a half dozen rejects from the last session alone.
 
You could try annealing but I doubt its worth the trouble with 32-20.

It should be good for the 8mm though. They need to be trimmed enough to take off most typical neck cracks.
I must say that trying to get a second use out of brass this way is a very thoughtful idea.
 
Cracked necks indicate work hardening. You'd have to anneal 'em to do anything with 'em. Whether they can be made into 8mm Lebel revolver will depend on how far down the neck the crack runs. The Lebel case is 1.07" long. The .32-20's length to the shoulder is .903". .955" to the neck.
How does one make rim fire cases out of cf cases? Just curious.
 
sunray said:
Cracked necks indicate work hardening. You'd have to anneal 'em to do anything with 'em. Whether they can be made into 8mm Lebel revolver will depend on how far down the neck the crack runs. The Lebel case is 1.07" long. The .32-20's length to the shoulder is .903". .955" to the neck.
How does one make rim fire cases out of cf cases? Just curious.
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Simple; you fill in the primer hole, likely with brazing metal. Drill an off-center hole for the Hi-lux cap so the rim can be crushed by the firing pin. Requires orienting of the round so the cap is ' High side ' to the pin of course.
Likely much more easily said than done, like so many things. But simple enough in principle.
 
If you get to the point where you have a decent size batch, I could likely use them. Need 23 mm IIRC to make 7.5 Swiss Revolver. Handy to have some semi-disposable brass to try ideas upon too.

Cheers
Trev
 
I've had good luck with starline actually. My 41 LC has 6 - 8 reloads on it usually, before it starts developing cracks.
My 32-20 has a rather generously sized chamber, so a shorter run of reloads is to be expected I suppose.
 
gewehr76 said:
Starline is prety crappy brass, that's good for couple of reloads and that's it. I bought 38 S&W brass and it cracks in the middle after 2 reloads. Built in obsolescence I guess.
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If you had a bad batch that sucks for you, it's probably the first bad thing I've heard about starline. I've used many tens of thousands in 10mm, .357 and .454 with zero issues. If you want to talk cracked brass Hornady seems to be the king in that respect, at least IMHO...
 
May be they changed formula for their brass aloy recently? Its possible my batch is special and too brittle. I'm not going to buy their 38SW brass though.

B said:
If you had a bad batch that sucks for you, it's probably the first bad thing I've heard about starline. I've used many tens of thousands in 10mm, .357 and .454 with zero issues. If you want to talk cracked brass Hornady seems to be the king in that respect, at least IMHO...
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I heard years ago that they use the same brass stock as Winchester. I am not sure if that's actually the case but I have heard it more than once.
 
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