I was prepping 45 ACP brass for reloading last night for a newly purchased pistol. I am making general purpose rounds for target practice, not competition.
Some of this brass is Magtech that from commercial loads I bought, and some is a mixed bag of range brass.
While cleaning the primer pockets I noticed two things:
1. A few of the brass had small primer pockets (Speer I think). I pitched those and am sticking to Large Pistol Primers for simplicities sake, and for consisitency.
2. Not all of the flash holes are the same size on the brass left over. Some of the flash holes are larger than others.
I have not seen this situation with the 9mm, 44, 38, and 357 that I have been loading prior to purchase of this 1911.
Is the different flash hole sizes an issue for reloading? Will I get inconsistent results if the brass with mixed size flash holes are mixed together?
Your thoughts are welcome.
Bob
Some of this brass is Magtech that from commercial loads I bought, and some is a mixed bag of range brass.
While cleaning the primer pockets I noticed two things:
1. A few of the brass had small primer pockets (Speer I think). I pitched those and am sticking to Large Pistol Primers for simplicities sake, and for consisitency.
2. Not all of the flash holes are the same size on the brass left over. Some of the flash holes are larger than others.
I have not seen this situation with the 9mm, 44, 38, and 357 that I have been loading prior to purchase of this 1911.
Is the different flash hole sizes an issue for reloading? Will I get inconsistent results if the brass with mixed size flash holes are mixed together?
Your thoughts are welcome.
Bob