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Offline myarmor

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Whats the most firings you have got out of 1pc of brass?
« on: May 11, 2006, 01:25:47 PM »
I know it's not wise to go beyond saftey limits and stretching brass too thin. But I am just curious about this.
SO how many firings, what kind of bass, and what caliber?
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Whats the most firings you have got out of 1pc of brass?
« Reply #1 on: May 11, 2006, 02:20:35 PM »
This is going to vary tremendously with the specific cartridge. I've loaded 45ACP until the case mouth cracked all the way down to the case head-- about 30 reloadings on brass that was used when I got it.  I throw my .270Win and .375H&H cases away after 4 loadings because they're hunting cartridges.
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Whats the most firings you have got out of 1pc of brass?
« Reply #2 on: May 11, 2006, 02:41:20 PM »
A few years back I did a shoot to destruction test on 50 pieces of Winchester 45 Colt brass.  After 50 reloadings (two hot, 48 plinking loads) I had 25 pieces left.  Took the last 25, loaded with Pyrodex, shot them, then trashed them.  In 45 ACP I'm sure I have some with 100 times through my dies, just never bothered to check in a controlled way.  
    Bottle neck cases vary tremendously.  If loading 303 Brit, two, maybe three times is my limit due to the generous chamber in my SMLE.  In my Garand I do about five times, trimming after the 2nd and 4th loads.  Each rifle/chamber is unique as is the brand of brass, some may get more loadings without splitting or a suffering from a case head separation, some may not.
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Whats the most firings you have got out of 1pc of brass?
« Reply #3 on: May 11, 2006, 02:55:04 PM »
I quit counting at 25...
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Whats the most firings you have got out of 1pc of brass?
« Reply #4 on: May 12, 2006, 04:17:47 AM »
I still have some 38 Special casings that have been around for over 12 years, maybe more.  They are still being reloaded as far as I know.  But there are many, many more new cases amongst them that were added from range-scrounging.  So its kind of a circulation thing I also do with my 45 ACP brass.  I have an ammo box half full of cleaned and sized/deprimed brass.  After cleaning/sizing and depriming the empties from the range, I just throw 'em all together and shake them up.  I don't recommend that practice for rifle brass though; its a whole different ball game there.


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Offline Lloyd Smale

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Whats the most firings you have got out of 1pc of brass?
« Reply #5 on: May 12, 2006, 11:00:38 PM »
I have some .500 linebaugh brass thats at 40+ loadings.
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Whats the most firings you have got out of 1pc of brass?
« Reply #6 on: May 15, 2006, 03:44:20 AM »
I have brass from my 6mm 30-30 AI that is on its 15th loading and I expect many more.
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