Wouldn’t you be limited to light hand loads to start out with? In order to fire form.
In "most" improved rounds you're not limited to light loads on the first firing.....you actually want enough pressure to form the brass, you lose some pressure to the forming process. I usually load a max load for forming in bolt guns (after a shot or two working up to check speeds/pressure/brass).
260Remguy mentioned 30-30 brass being a weak point with splits occurring... I'd not considered this before. I'll be working with a single shot 30-30 AI over the next several months so this thread caught my eye. I'll be starting with the 125 ballistic tip since it won't be limited in bullet choices.
