Easy to say when you have local suppliers. I have to order most supplies.
I order most of my stuff anyways..... Prophet river and Xreload are your friends....
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I order most of my stuff anyways..... Prophet river and Xreload are your friends....
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Easy to say when you have local suppliers
So do I. When I do order though, the orders tend to be large, not by Dogleg's standards of course, but compared to what I'd buy from a LGS if there was one. Whether I bought ammo or components I'd be in the same boat, so I might as well purchase components.
He He.... I thought I would give reloading a try, so last year I picked up a cheap Lee press off of the EE, some dies and stuff for my .308 and some H4895......
Here is what has shown up at my place in the last month or two..... Not to mention the 8 pounds of powder and some dies that I am still looking for.....
Here is what has shown up at my place in the last month or two..... Not to mention the 8 pounds of powder and some dies that I am still looking for.....
I wish that I could show what I have accumulated since beginning in the '60s.
I have yet to actually load them up, I am waiting on a couple of pounds of RL19 for both the .375 H&H as well as .338 WM....... My first impression is that the brass seems to be good quality, but I do have one pet peave with Hornady brass.... Both the 375 and 35 Whelen brass I received came with the case necks pre-annealed.... It's not that I am against annealing or anything, but you would think that they would let you fire the virgin brass and anneal it yourself afterwards....
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I'll verify that
. A few quick photos from my reloading room.
And, the addiction seems to feed upon itself. I'm sure there are others out there with far more extensive set-ups than mine but this has kept me 'busy'.
Pretty sure all virgin brass has had the necks annealed. If not they would be as hard as the case head. Most tumble off the evidence...some leave the colour which looks pretty cool I think.
You may be correct.... That being said then, their brass appears to be softer from the get go than other manufacturers..... I loaded up some .243 and it was noticeably softer....
Very true of most Hornady brass I've played with. It'll show ejector marks earlier than most brass as well, so it's not just the necks. The only exception I've found is 375 Ruger...that stuff is tough.
How do you know it's softer Brad?
Much less press effort and much less effort seating the primers..... I should probably bring a couple of pieces to work and use the Rockwell tester on them.....
To be honest I am only comparing the hornady against nosler and win brass, but specific to the nosler, I measured the inside diameter of the case necks with a caliper and they were essentially equal..... Nosler has a more heavily chamfered case neck than hornady, so I was expecting the Nosler to require less force, but it was the other way around......
Another thing to note is that not all Hornady brass shows annealing signs..... The 35 Whelen brass I picked up shows none at all, but the 243 and 375 H&H certainly does........
Before the hounds start ripping & tearing on you for your softer brass explanation, you might be finding a smaller primer pocket will make primers harder to seat. Also, some primers have a slightly differing OD which makes seating harder sometimes. Lots of variables to deal with.
Just sayin'.
Before the hounds start ripping & tearing on you for your softer brass explanation, you might be finding a smaller primer pocket will make primers harder to seat. Also, some primers have a slightly differing OD which makes seating harder sometimes. Lots of variables to deal with.
Just sayin'.
Meh..... I see it coming and I have big shoulders.......
.... Just relaying experience, which is somewhat limited as I am a admittedly a novice reloader...... I should get them on the Rockwell tester........ That would provide facts........ That being said, from my experience, a lot of the "myths" come from the experienced......
I've reloaded and compared .223, 22-250, 270 win, 7mm-08, .308, 30-06 and 375 Ruger brass. All but the .375 Ruger showed ejector marks on the case head before book max loads or before reaching safe max in my rifle loads using Winchester, Lapua, Lake City brass. The 375 ruger brass wasn't compared to any others as there are no other options (that I've seen) but I pushed it passed most published velocity without signs of brass wear. Which makes me wonder if hornady even makes it...or maybe they do and they don't make the others?
Enough sidetrack, beautiful rifles and some epic photographs on display in this thread! Very envious of the africa hunts...hopefully one day the stars align and I can fit a hunt like that into the budget. And those classic doubles...straight ###y those are!
Enough sidetrack, beautiful rifles and some epic photographs on display in this thread! Very envious of the africa hunts...hopefully one day the stars align and I can fit a hunt like that into the budget. And those classic doubles...straight ###y those are!
My mini medium bore 350 Rem Mag built by Leeper:
At this time it wore a Pacific Research stock (shouldn't have sold that).
It's been coated matte black by brno284 and is waiting for a stock blank.
It loves 200 Barnes and at nearly 3000fps works well. As pictured it weighed 6 3/4lbs.
At this time it wore a Pacific Research stock (shouldn't have sold that).
It's been coated matte black by brno284 and is waiting for a stock blank.
It loves 200 Barnes and at nearly 3000fps works well. As pictured it weighed 6 3/4lbs.
