I've got some .30-06 brass that I've loaded 18 times and I'm wondering if I should retire it or of it is still safe to keep reloading. I'm loading a fairly stout load of 165 gr. Hornady SST bullets over 57.5 gr. of IMR-4350.
These have been always fired in a bolt action and only bump resized so I have not overly worked the brass during resizing. I've pretty much done the works to this brass with flash hole deburring, primer pocket uniforming, trimming, outside case neck turning, neck annealing, etc. They produce good tight groups, still have tight primer pockets and have no signs of neck splitting or any other visible issues.
The number of reloads is getting up there and I'm wondering if discretion is the better part of valor and I should retire this lot of brass and start with some new cases. What are your experiences and/or thoughts on this?
These have been always fired in a bolt action and only bump resized so I have not overly worked the brass during resizing. I've pretty much done the works to this brass with flash hole deburring, primer pocket uniforming, trimming, outside case neck turning, neck annealing, etc. They produce good tight groups, still have tight primer pockets and have no signs of neck splitting or any other visible issues.
The number of reloads is getting up there and I'm wondering if discretion is the better part of valor and I should retire this lot of brass and start with some new cases. What are your experiences and/or thoughts on this?
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