zxcvbob
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Last time I loaded a box of .38 Special wadcutters, I had 5 case mouths crack when I expanded them (they were already primed by the time I noticed, so I loaded them anyway and marked the cases with a Sharpie for disposal later.) I just use the same couple of hundred cases over and over and over until they fail.
So I got to thinking, the bullets I'm using are really tight and bulge the cases a little anyway, why not just deprime the brass and not resize it, so I don't work harden the brass as much?
I took a handful of clean polished fired cases and tried them in my gun with the tightest chambers a few minutes ago and they slid in just fine. So I think I'll swap out the sizer die with a .45 Colt die next time, so it only decaps w/o touching the sides...
So I got to thinking, the bullets I'm using are really tight and bulge the cases a little anyway, why not just deprime the brass and not resize it, so I don't work harden the brass as much?
I took a handful of clean polished fired cases and tried them in my gun with the tightest chambers a few minutes ago and they slid in just fine. So I think I'll swap out the sizer die with a .45 Colt die next time, so it only decaps w/o touching the sides...