Palladan44
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Loaded up some full house 44 magnums using Win-296 and 240 grain Nosler JHPs. I settled on 23.5 gr. of W296 and have a COL right at the recommended 1.600". (Right in the center of the cannelure) Using a nice roll crimp, where the brass is nicely crimped into the cannelure.
My brass is brand new Star line Nickel plated.
My primers are Federal Large Pistol Magnum match.
They fired great while working up in my Smith and Wesson 29-2 8 3/8" barrel, nickel gun, didnt see much difference in 23gr starting load and the 24gr Maximum. So i just settled in the middle and loaded up the first 100 at that. No visible overpressure signs at first glance on any of the firing, no flattened primers, some had a very slight top hatting, but nothing beyond whats expected from a full house Magnum round. Extractions were easy, light upward tip and ejector rod push and they all fell out easily.
Upon inspection of the first 20 empties, i discovered 1 empty thats cracked along the length of the case. Darn it!
Do you all feel this is a one-off and theres nothing to worry about? Cracking new starline brass, rumored to be some strong brass (buffalo bore uses it) is sort of a concern. If new starline cases are splitting, is this an indication that these loads are pushing or exceeding pressure limits?
Looking of a compiliation of High road wisdom.
Do I fire the remaining 80 rounds and just ignore the brand new split starline case?
Do I scrap this load because ive pushed the envelope enough already?
My brass is brand new Star line Nickel plated.
My primers are Federal Large Pistol Magnum match.
They fired great while working up in my Smith and Wesson 29-2 8 3/8" barrel, nickel gun, didnt see much difference in 23gr starting load and the 24gr Maximum. So i just settled in the middle and loaded up the first 100 at that. No visible overpressure signs at first glance on any of the firing, no flattened primers, some had a very slight top hatting, but nothing beyond whats expected from a full house Magnum round. Extractions were easy, light upward tip and ejector rod push and they all fell out easily.
Upon inspection of the first 20 empties, i discovered 1 empty thats cracked along the length of the case. Darn it!
Do you all feel this is a one-off and theres nothing to worry about? Cracking new starline brass, rumored to be some strong brass (buffalo bore uses it) is sort of a concern. If new starline cases are splitting, is this an indication that these loads are pushing or exceeding pressure limits?
Looking of a compiliation of High road wisdom.
Do I fire the remaining 80 rounds and just ignore the brand new split starline case?
Do I scrap this load because ive pushed the envelope enough already?