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<blockquote data-quote="LazzInc" data-source="post: 729458" data-attributes="member: 39187"><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Guys ,,,,,,</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">yes ,, the Warbird brass made by Hornady is an improvement over the previous batch ,,,</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Having said that "I" am still using Warbird brass from the original 1998 batch in my personal rifle ,,,,, started with 500 cases, have shot them all at least three times ,,,,,</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">still have over 450 left after culling for necks way out of round and other anomalies ,,,,, I will get around to annealing the next time I load them, so the necks will be less likely to crack ,,,</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">"IF" you shoot the Warbird caliber, remember some important things ,,,,,</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">1 ,,,,, if your primer pockets are growing enough that the Fed 215 primer (only) is very loose when repriming, you load is too hot ,,,,</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">2 ,,,,, use RCBS spec resize dies only, so as to not overwork the case necks when resizing, the extracting the expanderball ,,,,</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">3 ,,,,, set the resize die down ONLY far enough to get the cases to fit back into the chamber, as any further will cause case stretching at the base on subsequent firings ,,,,,</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">4 ,,,,, do not turn the necks down on the cases, just cull out the ones that are more than .002-.003" out of round, using a run-out gauge ,,,,,</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">5 ,,,, learn how to properly anneal necks, and do this after every 3-4 firings to keep them soft and reduce splitting ,,,,,,</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LazzInc, post: 729458, member: 39187"] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]Guys ,,,,,,[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]yes ,, the Warbird brass made by Hornady is an improvement over the previous batch ,,,[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]Having said that "I" am still using Warbird brass from the original 1998 batch in my personal rifle ,,,,, started with 500 cases, have shot them all at least three times ,,,,,[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]still have over 450 left after culling for necks way out of round and other anomalies ,,,,, I will get around to annealing the next time I load them, so the necks will be less likely to crack ,,,[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]"IF" you shoot the Warbird caliber, remember some important things ,,,,,[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]1 ,,,,, if your primer pockets are growing enough that the Fed 215 primer (only) is very loose when repriming, you load is too hot ,,,,[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]2 ,,,,, use RCBS spec resize dies only, so as to not overwork the case necks when resizing, the extracting the expanderball ,,,,[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]3 ,,,,, set the resize die down ONLY far enough to get the cases to fit back into the chamber, as any further will cause case stretching at the base on subsequent firings ,,,,,[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]4 ,,,,, do not turn the necks down on the cases, just cull out the ones that are more than .002-.003" out of round, using a run-out gauge ,,,,,[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]5 ,,,, learn how to properly anneal necks, and do this after every 3-4 firings to keep them soft and reduce splitting ,,,,,,[/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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