Primer pockets?

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How loose can you go? Im on my 10 reload of nosler brass 6.5 CM last two loads some I can tell are getting loose (very easy to smash in) but I have not seen any signs of leaking or blowout! When do you call that's enough? Im using RL 26 at 2855 fps with ABLR 142. I think this might be my last load on this set of brass?
 
after all its a 6.5 creed...they only shoot x's no matter the distance, so a new batch of brass is just not an issue.
rel 26 is pretty smoking powder for velocity with no big pressure issues.
i am surprise it works in a 6.5cm
 
How loose can you go? Im on my 10 reload of nosler brass 6.5 CM last two loads some I can tell are getting loose (very easy to smash in) but I have not seen any signs of leaking or blowout! When do you call that's enough? Im using RL 26 at 2855 fps with ABLR 142. I think this might be my last load on this set of brass?
https://www.longrangehunting.com/threads/tighten-primer-pockets-heres-how.152361/
If you want a little exercise on how many times you can load cases...
 
Once loosening, I'd be watching the bolt face for signs of gas cutting.
You don't want to damage your bolt face.
Other than that, the primers can back themselves outward, and load performance can get erratic as your primer preloading begins to vary.
 
I have a question for you,
Have you been anealing your brass to get them to last that long and if so after how often?
Thanks

Good question on the primer pockets,
 
If you prefer something a little less "gut feeling"... buy yourself a primer go/no-go guage. Its a cheap way to take the guesswork out.

As others have noted though, ten firings at 6.5-284 Norma velocities in a Creedmoor is probably "good enough"
 
I have a question for you,
Have you been anealing your brass to get them to last that long and if so after how often?
Thanks

Good question on the primer pockets,

I have not annealed at all, but I do use a lee factory crimp die on light. I think that helps keep bullet to neck tension same.
 
How loose can you go? Im on my 10 reload of nosler brass 6.5 CM last two loads some I can tell are getting loose (very easy to smash in) but I have not seen any signs of leaking or blowout! When do you call that's enough? Im using RL 26 at 2855 fps with ABLR 142. I think this might be my last load on this set of brass?
push them in with your finger, turn upside down, add a drop of lock tite, let cure, load and shoot
 
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