Reloads per case

[Muddyboots]

Just curious, how many reloads do you get for 30-06, .270, 7RM or 300 RM per case? Standard rimless versus belted? Excluding hot loads just normal every day loading. Why do you stop? Case head separation starting? Neck splits? Primer pocket loosening? Scared to death to do one more? Be a good discussion I bet.

[ricciardelli]

I'm still reloading cases I bought 40 years ago.  And, they have been reloaded so many time I quit counting.

I have lost more cases in the field than I have lost due to case failure.

[Willyp]

Like Steve,I quit worring about it,how many times. If the neck splits or the primer pocket gets loose ,I quit using them.

[PaulS]

Just curious, how many reloads do you get for 30-06, .270, 7RM or 300 RM per case? Standard rimless versus belted? Excluding hot loads just normal every day loading. Why do you stop? Case head separation starting? Neck splits? Primer pocket loosening? Scared to death to do one more? Be a good discussion I bet.

Muddyboots,
Asking your question is like asking how many miles an engine will run. It depends on the pressures generated, the RPM you run it at, and the fuel you use. With cases the pressure generated is the single most determining factor, how you size and care for the case is probably the next. With neck sized cases, running moderate pressures your cases will last a lot longer than a case that is full length sized and firing the hottest loads you can put behind your bullet. You can often get similar velocities with more than one powder - choose the slowest burning powder that will give you the velocity you desire. I too have cases that have been loaded and reloaded for twenty+ years. When I started loading my own in 1971 I read an article by one of the "top names" in the business about how after the third trimming or when primer pockets got loose you should throw the cases in that lot away. Well, I don't find loose primer pockets and I trim (as a part of my preparation procedure) each time I reload. I use slower powders at moderate pressures with medium weight bullets. My 3006 is as accurate as I can shoot (sub- MOA) and has all the power I need to have to kill humanely at reasonable distances.

PaulS