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2/7/2010 2:13:42 PM EDT
are you guys getting on your 357 magnum brass?

Assume we're talking about actual magnum level loads here, not target loads that are in the same realm as 38 special.
2/7/2010 5:21:37 PM EDT
[#1]
I haven't worn any out yet, but I have had cases split on the first(factory) firing.
2/7/2010 5:47:55 PM EDT
[#2]
Don't know, when the mouth splits or PP gets loose, I recycle them.

Until then, load and shoot.
2/8/2010 4:58:08 AM EDT
[#3]
I had some 1x Speer cases split after loading near max with H110. Switched powders and have gotten multiple firings with no problems.
2/9/2010 1:13:29 AM EDT
[#4]
I load them until they split.  



Expand them as little as possible, and they'll last longer.  Ask me how I know.

2/9/2010 8:16:56 AM EDT
[#5]
I have been annealing the mouth on 200 pcs of 357and 38spl just to see what happens.  I have shot them 10 times with med. hot loads of h110.  So far they're still going.  Some I have I just "neck size". Meaning that I just size the portion that holds the bullet.  This is of course fired in the same gun. Actually, I have them indexed to a specific cylinder, and indexed as to position in that cylinder.  When my accuracy declines to unacceptable, sometimes I full length resize and re-anneal  or start the brass new again.  I have loaded 15-50 loads. Yeah, I know thats a a wide spread and a lot of "messing". I like accuracy!!
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