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Posted: 6/8/2012 1:17:45 PM EDT
| I went to the range today, and fired off 60-70 of my reloads. After todays outing, it was 5x fired LC 02 brass. I loaded this stuff up in 04, and finally got around to firing it today. Out of the 60-70 that I fired, I had 4 with split necks. Is this anything to be concerned about? |
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Pretty much my experience, 5 fired is about the end of their useful life. In the past I took the 5 fired stuff and reloaded it again for use in hunting where I can't keep the brass, or in any situation where the brass would be disposable. Last year I got into 300 blackout, when converting the brass you cut the neck off, which is where the primary failures are after multiple reloadings, so I started using that for 300 blackout donor brass, so far I've gotten an additional 5 firings out of those with no failures at all. |
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Quoted: Meh.I went to the range today, and fired off 60-70 of my reloads. After todays outing, it was 5x fired LC 02 brass. I loaded this stuff up in 04, and finally got around to firing it today. Out of the 60-70 that I fired, I had 4 with split necks. Is this anything to be concerned about? Are you loading them pretty hot? That's usually the culprit with only that many loadings.
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Quoted: Pretty much my experience, 5 fired is about the end of their useful life. In the past I took the 5 fired stuff and reloaded it again for use in hunting where I can't keep the brass, or in any situation where the brass would be disposable. Last year I got into 300 blackout, when converting the brass you cut the neck off, which is where the primary failures are after multiple reloadings, so I started using that for 300 blackout donor brass, so far I've gotten an additional 5 firings out of those with no failures at all. Really? My above post was based on my .22-250. I've reloaded .223 way more than five times without neck damage.
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The load was 24.0 gr of AA 2230, Remington 7.5 primer, 4x fired LC 02 brass, Winchester 55 gr FMJBT, and an OAL of 2.250." This is definately not an overly hot load. Are the necks usually the first area to see failure because the brass is thinner here? The necks crack because the brass there gets worked the most and brass work hardens. Annealing the necks softens the brass so they will not crack as soon. |
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