Case life is good with neck-sized brass from a SS or bolt
Man, it wasn't for me. Something was FUBAR with some of Ruger's heavy barrel 77/22 hornets at least for a while. The two I had cut case heads off at the web even with factory ammo. I'd get about 2 out of 10 with case head separations on the first firing and lose 2-3 more out of 10 during sizing. I started packing a pistol rod with a .357 brush to pull the busted cases out of the chamber.
In hind sight, I probably should have sent them back to Ruger. I was in a hurry for success, it was in the middle of varmint season, and I wanted to kill [bleep], not lose the rest of the season waiting for customer service, so I took them back to the store and swapped them for something else ... 700 LVSF in .221 Fireball if I remember right.
Tom
