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I don’t reload, but I always thought you were only supposed to load brass 2-4 times tops before ditching it. I had an Olin Corp employee tell me this when I was a teenager growing up in the St Louis area (at the Olin shotgun range). I guess I am wrong, but brass is fairly malleable and does exhibit fatigue when stressed over a period of time. https://www.copper.org/applications/industrial/DesignGuide/performance/fatigue03.html
Obviously, we are not putting the brass casing between two plates and “cycling” it thousands of times, but the cases are experiencing contained explosions that causes the cartridges to expand. I can’t imagine someone using a brass case more than 10x without some degree of risk, especially when you have to anneal the case necks every so often. I may be wrong though....
I don’t reload, but I always thought you were only supposed to load brass 2-4 times tops before ditching it. I had an Olin Corp employee tell me this when I was a teenager growing up in the St Louis area (at the Olin shotgun range). I guess I am wrong, but brass is fairly malleable and does exhibit fatigue when stressed over a period of time. https://www.copper.org/applications/industrial/DesignGuide/performance/fatigue03.html
Obviously, we are not putting the brass casing between two plates and “cycling” it thousands of times, but the cases are experiencing contained explosions that causes the cartridges to expand. I can’t imagine someone using a brass case more than 10x without some degree of risk, especially when you have to anneal the case necks every so often. I may be wrong though....
A reading comprehension class would do wonders for you. Annealing is a must if you don’t want cracked necks after about 10x. I never said not annealed.That is why the previous comment of "100+ reloading on Lapua brass" and "without annealing", is raising the bullshit meter with a few of the members (experienced members I might add). That dog won't hunt....
It amazes me how many people know very little about loading. It’s not that hard to test these theories yourself.
I get that most here push speeds, like trying to go 2900 with 140 class bullets in a 6.5. Of course the brass will yield. That’s not what it was designed to do.
How hard is it to reload a few cases over and over to see what happens?
Why take me at my word? Is loading above your skill level?Tall tail Freddy...
Why take me at my word? Is loading above your skill level?
In what way does your brass fail?Yawn...I have never had brass go above 22 loadings even with a subsonic load annealed every firing... So guess we will have to take you at your word you have gotten 100...
OP, this thread is useless without pics.
I don’t reload, but I always thought you were only supposed to load brass 2-4 times tops before ditching it. I had an Olin Corp employee tell me this when I was a teenager growing up in the St Louis area (at the Olin shotgun range). I guess I am wrong, but brass is fairly malleable and does exhibit fatigue when stressed over a period of time. https://www.copper.org/applications/industrial/DesignGuide/performance/fatigue03.html
Obviously, we are not putting the brass casing between two plates and “cycling” it thousands of times, but the cases are experiencing contained explosions that causes the cartridges to expand. I can’t imagine someone using a brass case more than 10x without some degree of risk, especially when you have to anneal the case necks every so often. I may be wrong though....
To be fair, 100 cycles are very low numbers when you're talking fatigue failure. Fully reversed bending used to generate S-N curves is very different from the largely compression type loading that a pressurized case contained by a barrel wall/bolt would experience, and obviously the S in the S-N curve is going to be different from the case pressure. You'd have to do a lot more math/modeling to draw any remotely useful conclusions about the impact of fatigue life on brass life given a certain geometry and loading.
All of that said, I do think Hornady .308 brass is soft trash, but .270 and 6.5 has worked alright for me in a few different rifles. I usually load warm but not stupid, and the longest I've kept any rifle brass around before moving to a new batch was 13 firings, so maybe that's the difference.
You can find defects with any brass. I have a bunch of 1x Peterson 6.5 brass from factory ammo with loose primer pockets.
Apparently, English composition would do you wonders....A reading comprehension class would do wonders for you. Annealing is a must if you don’t want cracked necks after about 10x. I never said not annealed.
Good grief. This isn’t rocket science. They didn’t anneal either. With annealing, medium loads, and neck sizing, the sky is the limit.
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Apparently, English composition would do you wonders....
Now if you wanna get friggin mouthy about it...I'm your Huckleberry...
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So you are going to ban me for speaking the truth?Apparently, English composition would do you wonders....
Now if you wanna get friggin mouthy about it...I'm your Huckleberry...
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I have a couple hundred pieces of brass with partial case-head-separations. None of them is like that. All of my partials are around the circumference in the normal spot. I had one full head separation - fracture is in the normal place. I think I have two pieces with a longitudinal crack in the neck. What are those circumferential scratches around the fracture? If the case was rotated in the chamber I would expect to see scratches in or around the extractor groove. What weapon was that fired in? Does the weapon have a SAAMI chamber?Hornady factory 30-06 ammo first firing......
So you are going to ban me for speaking the truth?
In the link I posted, most of the brass they tested wasn’t annealed. Have you read it?
Where did I say I myself don’t anneal? Please point it out?
Some shooters that have very high end match chambers which fit the brass perfectly, and an associated sizing die which does minimal work to the brass. Combined with mild loads, those shooters have been able to get in excess of 60 firing cycles on brass before it can no longer be loaded. Conversely, you can ruin the capability of brass to hold a primer with one single firing if the pressure is high enough.
Conversely, you can ruin the capability of brass to hold a primer with one single firing if the pressure is high enough.
No, you'll get banned for trying to back pedal on shit you posted, and getting mouthy about it.. Take a few days off...So you are going to ban me for speaking the truth?
In the link I posted, most of the brass they tested wasn’t annealed. Have you read it?
Where did I say I myself don’t anneal? Please point it out?