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308 LC 12 brass - primed: OK it is UGLY - BUYER beware
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<blockquote data-quote="westcliffe01" data-source="post: 794556" data-attributes="member: 35183"><p>Got through de-tarring the LR brass this evening, another tumble to clean it up 100%. Decided to try the "anneal in a baking tin" trick this evening. Tedious but better than nothing I suppose... First time for me. Ran all of the non LR brass through the full length sizing die after annealing and didn't have anything split or make any funny noises on me. The base of the cartridges was slightly oversize according to my Hornady die, so that was where the most effort was needed. This brass might have chambered a bit tight in a bolt gun for that feature.</p><p></p><p>Tomorrow I will anneal the LR brass and repeat the FL sizing process on that batch. If it all works out, hopefully I am only out about 20-30 pieces of brass.</p><p></p><p>Perhaps this is not going to be as big a disaster as I thought, but time will tell. It could be that a very particular batch of brass was defective within the 2012 calender year, but the headstamp is not detailed enough to tell it apart. Presumably the original packaging had the batch number on it.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, I did get some Lapua Palma brass on order which shipped today from Midway, and it is my first Lapua brass ever, so my expectations are high.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="westcliffe01, post: 794556, member: 35183"] Got through de-tarring the LR brass this evening, another tumble to clean it up 100%. Decided to try the "anneal in a baking tin" trick this evening. Tedious but better than nothing I suppose... First time for me. Ran all of the non LR brass through the full length sizing die after annealing and didn't have anything split or make any funny noises on me. The base of the cartridges was slightly oversize according to my Hornady die, so that was where the most effort was needed. This brass might have chambered a bit tight in a bolt gun for that feature. Tomorrow I will anneal the LR brass and repeat the FL sizing process on that batch. If it all works out, hopefully I am only out about 20-30 pieces of brass. Perhaps this is not going to be as big a disaster as I thought, but time will tell. It could be that a very particular batch of brass was defective within the 2012 calender year, but the headstamp is not detailed enough to tell it apart. Presumably the original packaging had the batch number on it. Anyway, I did get some Lapua Palma brass on order which shipped today from Midway, and it is my first Lapua brass ever, so my expectations are high. [/QUOTE]
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