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Ordered 1K of once fired 357 Sig brass and it was all from speer. Because of the high pressure and very small amount of case neck, I keep up with the number of times I reload it. It's retired after 5 times though the press. Ordered from the same place and this time it was mix of just about everybody's brass. Sorted by company and went on my merry way. By 357 Sig standards, my reloads are on the mild side (9MM+p speed range).
Took my son shooting and he had a failure to go into battery! As the slide closed, it sounded "different". Dropped the mag and cycled the slide. The bullet had "slipped" all the way into the case, resting against the powder, with about .060 of the bullet still showing!
Before you say this is an easy one-crimp it some more! Note that my seating die is set just a breath away from collapsing the case shoulder, and I've loaded 6-7K without a hitch. If you reload 357 Sig, then you know what I'm talking about when I say,"I've loaded more than a few (less than a dozen) that didn't feel right (soft) and failed the push to test against the bench test." Passed them off as weak or short brass. These "failures" is what lead to my 5 times reloading max, since they occured at the 4th- 5th time being reloaded. But the last two times I experenced these set back problems it has been with Winchester brass! Second reload, two failures in 250 rounds, and felt good coming out of the crimping die. Has anyone experenced low neck tension with Winchester brass?
Please, don't start on too much crimp for 357Sig's! Asking for inputs on the brass only-not on how to adjust my die.
Took my son shooting and he had a failure to go into battery! As the slide closed, it sounded "different". Dropped the mag and cycled the slide. The bullet had "slipped" all the way into the case, resting against the powder, with about .060 of the bullet still showing!
Before you say this is an easy one-crimp it some more! Note that my seating die is set just a breath away from collapsing the case shoulder, and I've loaded 6-7K without a hitch. If you reload 357 Sig, then you know what I'm talking about when I say,"I've loaded more than a few (less than a dozen) that didn't feel right (soft) and failed the push to test against the bench test." Passed them off as weak or short brass. These "failures" is what lead to my 5 times reloading max, since they occured at the 4th- 5th time being reloaded. But the last two times I experenced these set back problems it has been with Winchester brass! Second reload, two failures in 250 rounds, and felt good coming out of the crimping die. Has anyone experenced low neck tension with Winchester brass?
Please, don't start on too much crimp for 357Sig's! Asking for inputs on the brass only-not on how to adjust my die.