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Never mind.
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You were high and to the left...
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He pulled the shots. 😆
One should always know how many fill ups they've had and what firearm was used. I think he knows that though.
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I think he can adjust for that group. Just sayin’.
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So you buy new brass, load it once and junk it? Otherwise it’s used brass unless I’m missing something. I think maybe you just wanted to write a short story.
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Is virgin brass going to solve the issue after you fire it 2x if the problem is head expansion?
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So you buy new brass, load it once and junk it? Otherwise it’s used brass unless I’m missing something. I think maybe you just wanted to write a short story. I think you're on to something.
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Is virgin brass going to solve the issue after you fire it 2x if the problem is head expansion? The rifle has been rebarreled. Might there be an issue with the chamber ? Don't think the 45 ACP die trick would be necessary if the chamber was in spec
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The brass in question was once fired in another chamber. Sorry, I thought that was pretty clear.
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Am trying to figure out what your point is.
Have generally had good luck with used brass, especially the once-fired cases sold by member crod1972, who regularly sells brass fired by a powder company during testing.
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Am trying to figure out what your point is.
Have generally had good luck with used brass, especially the once-fired cases sold by member crod1972, who regularly sells brass fired by a powder company during testing. Am somewhat perplexed myself.
These are my opinions, feel free to disagree.
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I think it can be fine. But not always. And most times it’s not worth the hassle. I’ve tried to like 223 brass second hand. Quite often it’s unusable.
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I have used brass from one rifle in another, mainly in .257 Roberts.
But I wouldn't buy used brass from an unknown source unless I absolutely trusted the seller. A bloke I knew thought he got a great deal on some RWS brass. It looked fabulous but when he went to prime them the primer pockets were all loose. He had to junk them all.
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I'll bet 85-90% of all reloads are in used brass. How do we ever get by? This is hilarious.
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I think it can be fine. But not always. And most times it’s not worth the hassle. I’ve tried to like 223 brass second hand. Quite often it’s unusable. My experience has been quite different. Moving on.
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I think it can be fine. But not always. And most times it’s not worth the hassle. I’ve tried to like 223 brass second hand. Quite often it’s unusable. My experience has been quite different. Moving on. Apparently that's the experience of most of us--so far. Would like to hear from others whose experience is different. Did have difficulty a few years ago, due to owning several .257 Roberts rifles. Had two sets of dies, one for Eileen's loading room. My dies would not size brass fired in her .257 enough to chamber correctly. Got rid of the "bad" set of dies and the problem went away.
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15° temp in August?? Bring some of that weather down here. It's 100° here in the San Francisco Bay area today
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I've had nothing but good experience using once fired brass I scrounged from folks who didn't want to save it. So many times at the range, I have a person shooting next to me, sometimes with multiple boxes they bought all at once (same lot). If I notice they are just ejecting the brass and letting it fall, I'll pick up a few and set them on their bench, asking "are you keeping these?" If they say yes, I've done a good deed. If they say no, I ask if I can have them and the answer is always yes. I make sure, in a subtle way, that it's new brass, not something reloaded. I've got what seems like every common caliber of rifle so there's not much I don't need. Recently scored 60 same lot .243, 60 same lot 7 RM, and 60 same lot 30-06. I don't think I have ever even bought new 30-06 brass (Though I was given an ammo can full of once fired Lake City 67 Match back in the 90s, so that has covered most of my 30-06 needs over the years, as well as making some great 25-06 rounds) I don't own a 6.5 CM but if I ever do I am totally fixed for good Hornady brass. That's one that it seems like lots of folks discard.
Sorry, kind of long winded.
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I'll bet 85-90% of all reloads are in used brass. How do we ever get by? This is hilarious. I’m talking about brass used in another rifle.
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