44 Mag Brass

[RunninLate]

I started priming some 44 Mag brass and had a bunch of brass that the primer would not fit in the pocket.

Does some 44 Mag brass have a crimp?

 

[Gtrubicon]

Never heard if crimped primers in 44, 454 casull is small rile primer and i get them mixed with 44 brass quite often. Is it mixed range brass?

 

[Havok7416]

What is the headstamp on the brass? Certain companies make tighter pockets than others.

 

[rondog]

No crimps, just tight pockets. They'll fit. Chamfer the pocket just a tad if you're concerned.

 

[TrueTexan]

Herter's 44 mag uses small pistol primers, others maybe doing the same.

 

[Havok7416]

I've never heard of anyone using SPP for .44 Mag, but I suppose anything is possible. For what it's worth, the 50 or so pieces of Herter's .44 Mag I just pulled out are all large primer and they were purchased new within the last year.

 

[BHarada]

Someone left behind a box of S&B 44 mag brass at the range so I took it home with me. Talk about tight primer pockets. I tried to prime one with my RCBS hand primer but the primer would not budge into the pocket.

I ended up running all the cases through my RCBS swaging die which fixed the problem.

 

[Catpop]

I have to prime mine with my old Lyman Spartan C press. I couldn't, touch them with my Lee hand autoprime.

 

[Bush Pilot]

What is the headstamp on the brass? Certain companies make tighter pockets than others.

New Starline brass can be a bugger to prime once in a while.

 

[Havok7416]

Yeah, that's for sure. Another one that comes to mind is S&B. Sometimes I feel like I need a jackhammer for those!

 

[bobinoregon]

I replaced all my .44 magnum brass with Starline, the primers are a little snug but they all go in.

 

[witchhunter]

I use a primer pocket uniformer from Sinclair, at least all of the pockets are the same and you only have to do it once. Now, if all primers were the same.....

 

[sevt_chevelle]

I've shot and reloaded probably 200 rounds of Herters 44 Mag, its all been LPP. The ammo was bought within the last year.

 

[RunninLate]

The brass head stamp is HRTRS (top) 44 REM MAG (bottom) with some symbol on the right hand side. The symbol is like a O with some funny scribbly line on the outside of the O.

The primers are Winchester WLP for Standard or Magnum Large pistol

 

[Havok7416]

Herter's cases are fairly tight. There is no crimp though.

 

[gamestalker]

I've never noticed tight pockets priming on my RCBS priming die. Using that die, I could probably stuff a LP into a SP pocket and never notice. I've accidentally primed crimped pockets, in fact I do it quite frequently, and never notice more than a slight increase in resistance.

GS