My son is preparing to hunt elk in Colorado and purchased a Kimber .35 Whelen in stainless and plasitic stocked and to lessen the recoil a bit had a muzzle brake installed as he is not a big person. He has been practicing and asked me to reload for him. There were various brass and the load I used was not that hot, 52.3 grs of IMR 4064 with 200 grain bullets. One brand of brass was one I had never seen or heard about and several of the have blown out a small crack parallel to the length near the base. I'll try to load a picture so you can see. The brass was Doubletap on the head stamp from Utah. I have email them for info but thought maybe some of you may have ideas to help.
These were once fired and 1st time reload. Other brands were OK, such as R-P, and others. Click image for larger version. Here is another photo http://oi60.tinypic.com/keb444.jpg and http://s8.tinypic.com/2gv7bex_th.jpg The hole is at 6 o'clock close to the base web.
These were once fired and 1st time reload. Other brands were OK, such as R-P, and others. Click image for larger version. Here is another photo http://oi60.tinypic.com/keb444.jpg and http://s8.tinypic.com/2gv7bex_th.jpg The hole is at 6 o'clock close to the base web.
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