#3149436 - 02/02/13 06:49 PM
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mr.big
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laid around the fire and did almost nothing all day,,I dug through my backpack and found 10 pieces of 338 Lapua brass,,I am on 7 cycles with this brass so I decided to run them all trough the whole process,,
only one was over trim length but I went ahead and gonna do them all,,
anneal
FL size
trim to length
tumble
prime and load
10 at a time aint to bad.
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#3149571 - 02/02/13 08:25 PM
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#3149633 - 02/02/13 09:12 PM
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I have been neck sizing only,,but some of this brass has been loaded 6-8 times,,I know when I started with 100 pieces new Lapua brass I got 1,000 Fed 215 primers and I have 315 left,,but I am sure I loaded some of them more times than others,,so far I have only lost 4 pieces ,but I am running a light load of H1000 and 250 gr bullets at 2875.
I sure wish weather would get to where I can test out the new scope and see how it tracks before I send it in for the Front Focal Plane TMR reticle.
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#3150247 - 02/03/13 04:36 PM
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I don't shoot a lot, and I have about 200 cases (shells) of 270 WIN that I've been loading since 1995. They're on their sixth loading and I haven't annealed any yet. I trim to length each time, though it usually only takes off the tiniest scraping.
I guess 55 gr of IMR 4350 and 130 grain bullets aren't too tough on brass.
This brass is Winchester. I've had some Remington brass in a .308 that developed neck cracks after only three loadings.
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#3150394 - 02/03/13 06:26 PM
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What temp do you anneal them at?
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#3150482 - 02/03/13 07:35 PM
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What temp do you anneal them at?
I just use the torch tip on a 1 pound propane bottle and turn the lights down and have a modified shellholder I chuck in a drill and hold over the torch while turning with the drill,,just long enough to change colors of the brass,,
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#3150520 - 02/03/13 07:51 PM
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What temp do you anneal them at?
use the propane torch like stated, make a brass holder with a deep well socket and bolt and chuck into cordless drill, if socket is to deep for your brass, cram some aluminum foil into socket, use a 4-6 mississippi count for correct timing, my .40-65 brass likes a 6 mississippi count
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