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When to throw away brass
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<blockquote data-quote="Bart B" data-source="post: 698926" data-attributes="member: 5302"><p>When a friend and I took a new Federal brass .308 Win. case and reloaded it about 50 times, the primer pockets were still tight. Load was 44 grains of IMR4895 atop Federal 210M primers under a Sierra 168 (57 reloads on his case) and a Sierra 165 SBT (for me, 46 reloads on my case). That's a max, safe load. Case bodies were reduced about .003" in the RCBS FL dies and the die's necks were lapped out to .335" for a loaded round diameter of .337". Fired case shoulders were set back .002" No case neck annealing whatsoever. No loose primer pockets</p><p></p><p>Both 1:11 twist Hart 26" barrels had standard SAAMI minimum spec chambers, .2998" bore and .3078" groove diameters. Muzzle velocity spreads were about 25 fps around 2720 average for both his and my case and barrels. My friend's rifle was fired from a machine rest and all 57 of his shots went into 3/10ths MOA. A buddy shot my rifle while I reloaded the case and his group for all 46 shots was 3/4 MOA. Both rifles test fired at 100 yards.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bart B, post: 698926, member: 5302"] When a friend and I took a new Federal brass .308 Win. case and reloaded it about 50 times, the primer pockets were still tight. Load was 44 grains of IMR4895 atop Federal 210M primers under a Sierra 168 (57 reloads on his case) and a Sierra 165 SBT (for me, 46 reloads on my case). That's a max, safe load. Case bodies were reduced about .003" in the RCBS FL dies and the die's necks were lapped out to .335" for a loaded round diameter of .337". Fired case shoulders were set back .002" No case neck annealing whatsoever. No loose primer pockets Both 1:11 twist Hart 26" barrels had standard SAAMI minimum spec chambers, .2998" bore and .3078" groove diameters. Muzzle velocity spreads were about 25 fps around 2720 average for both his and my case and barrels. My friend's rifle was fired from a machine rest and all 57 of his shots went into 3/10ths MOA. A buddy shot my rifle while I reloaded the case and his group for all 46 shots was 3/4 MOA. Both rifles test fired at 100 yards. [/QUOTE]
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