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Fire Forming to harden case heads....do you?
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<blockquote data-quote="Mikecr" data-source="post: 2524103" data-attributes="member: 1521"><p>I'm sure most people desire to get up and running with their new rigs as fast as possible.</p><p>I spend the brunt of my time with cold bore development, and this can take weeks.</p><p>But hot bore development is first, and I don't like to spend a lot of time on that as it holds no practical application for me.</p><p></p><p>That said, I don't waste time with ANY powder development until the brass is fully fire formed and stable.</p><p>So I won't burn up my barrel FFing ~200 cases, as folks who don't get much brass life do. Instead I'll setup 50 best cases and run with that for the life of as many barrels as I can. Of course that doesn't happen without a plan.</p><p></p><p>The 'copper seasoning' does not apply to me as far as I've seen. </p><p>I clean my bores to white metal after every use. I break-in new barrels with 10 shots of Tubb's Final Finish. </p><p>There is no MV change from my barrels for their entire accurate barrel lives.</p><p>But then, I shot ~250 shots FFing 50 cases and developing a hot bore load. It could easily take another 50shts to tweak in a cold bore load.</p><p></p><p>I respect peoples thinking and discussion about brass hardening for long term gain. Good ideas</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mikecr, post: 2524103, member: 1521"] I'm sure most people desire to get up and running with their new rigs as fast as possible. I spend the brunt of my time with cold bore development, and this can take weeks. But hot bore development is first, and I don't like to spend a lot of time on that as it holds no practical application for me. That said, I don't waste time with ANY powder development until the brass is fully fire formed and stable. So I won't burn up my barrel FFing ~200 cases, as folks who don't get much brass life do. Instead I'll setup 50 best cases and run with that for the life of as many barrels as I can. Of course that doesn't happen without a plan. The 'copper seasoning' does not apply to me as far as I've seen. I clean my bores to white metal after every use. I break-in new barrels with 10 shots of Tubb's Final Finish. There is no MV change from my barrels for their entire accurate barrel lives. But then, I shot ~250 shots FFing 50 cases and developing a hot bore load. It could easily take another 50shts to tweak in a cold bore load. I respect peoples thinking and discussion about brass hardening for long term gain. Good ideas [/QUOTE]
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