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300 WSM brass life question
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<blockquote data-quote="300 Driver" data-source="post: 1211928" data-attributes="member: 91257"><p>I'm shooting the same 100pcs of Win brass that I bought with my gun and have about 700 rounds on the gun so the brass has been reloaded about 7x each. I have not kept close track of that and some pieces may be more or less. I FL size, but have been thinking about moving to neck sizing.</p><p></p><p>My question is this, I have started to notice an increase in loose primer pockets and split necks. I weighed all my brass and came up with two groups w/in 5gr of 218 and 234 grains. The lighter group is where most of the problems are seen. I think this makes sense. Why the large spread in weight of the brass? And is 7x reloads what others are seeing with Win brass? Would annealing extend the life of these cases at this point?</p><p></p><p>I've always done ladder tests on my loads and never kept a load that was within 1gr of what I found was max for my gun.</p><p></p><p>Finally, does anyone know a source for more Win head stamp 300WSM brass? It kills me to pay $2 per case for Norma or Nosler. I can buy loaded ammo cheaper than that!</p><p></p><p>Thanks for the help and advice!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="300 Driver, post: 1211928, member: 91257"] I'm shooting the same 100pcs of Win brass that I bought with my gun and have about 700 rounds on the gun so the brass has been reloaded about 7x each. I have not kept close track of that and some pieces may be more or less. I FL size, but have been thinking about moving to neck sizing. My question is this, I have started to notice an increase in loose primer pockets and split necks. I weighed all my brass and came up with two groups w/in 5gr of 218 and 234 grains. The lighter group is where most of the problems are seen. I think this makes sense. Why the large spread in weight of the brass? And is 7x reloads what others are seeing with Win brass? Would annealing extend the life of these cases at this point? I've always done ladder tests on my loads and never kept a load that was within 1gr of what I found was max for my gun. Finally, does anyone know a source for more Win head stamp 300WSM brass? It kills me to pay $2 per case for Norma or Nosler. I can buy loaded ammo cheaper than that! Thanks for the help and advice! [/QUOTE]
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