MutinousDoug
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Some years ago I picked up some clearly once fired Federal nickel plated .357 brass at my club, thinking this should be good for reloading. For some reason, upon being reloaded, for every 5-10 shots with mid-range loads, the primers would pierce, resulting in a damaged firing pin. That is a pretty expensive piece of damage in a S&W model 19 or 66. I never could figure out what the problem was so I quit using the brass.
Was the brass so hard that it didn’t obdurate and, instead; let the case slide back against the recoil plate while the firing pin was still protruding from it? Or was the brass too soft, holding the case in the chamber, letting the primer blow back against the firing pin while the pressure was high and hot, burning the primer (and my firing pin) at that point in the timeline?
Is this related to this thread? If so; I’d sure like to know the answer.
Was the brass so hard that it didn’t obdurate and, instead; let the case slide back against the recoil plate while the firing pin was still protruding from it? Or was the brass too soft, holding the case in the chamber, letting the primer blow back against the firing pin while the pressure was high and hot, burning the primer (and my firing pin) at that point in the timeline?
Is this related to this thread? If so; I’d sure like to know the answer.