Small tip for those of you reloading new starline brass

Thanks for the tip, Mike!

Out of habit I lightly chamfered the mouths both in & out of the new Starline .44spc brass that I ordered and have experienced no issues in reloading ops.

Just a light spritz of case lube helps a whole bunch too.

Enough will get in a few case mouths to lube the expander enough to stop all that.

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http://www.starlinebrass.com/faqs/Why is it very hard to get expander and powder funnel back out of case?



There are two situations that create this problem. The first is one we have just recently identified. It seems to be associated with the dillon powder funnel and only a couple of calibers (45 Auto and 40 S&W). The land for expanding case mouth is too long and when you begin to bell mouth the bottom of expander gets into the thicker taper of case and wedges causing it to be very hard to get back out. We have modified several by increasing radius on end and slightly shortening expanding land and this eliminated the problem completely. Call Starline and we will take care of it if you wish. One other cause can be a burr at case mouth created by the final trim operation, which grabs onto expander as it comes back up. This situation does not often appear and can be fixed by deburring case mouth or inside lubing cases.

Thanks Mike. Not sure why I didnt think of that.

Ive noticed a few little "kinks" since Ive started working with new brass lately. Flakes among them.

I chamfer the mouths of all new brass or brass after I trim. It not only helps with the flaring, but reduces the amount of flaring needed to start bullets, resulting is less working of the brass, longer case life and more neck tension.

Chamfering and burring all new and trimed brass is SOP on my bench.

All of the above, plus, I just dump them in my tumbler like I do my empty brass from the range.

I do this too and it seems to help. I go to some trouble not to over do it, though. I just take the burrs off.

You could leave them running in the tumbler for a month and not tell any difference from an hour, except they would be a little shinier.