How many times do you reload your cases?

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I shoot all rifle and revolver brass until one of the three happens it either splits, the primmer pocket gets loose, or I loose the casing. However, pistol brass I only reload as long as it fits back into a gage block once it is resized. I have discovered after so many loads, varies with the quality of the brass, that all autos over time will allow the brass to belly like is commonly associated with Glocks but not to that extent. This bellying effect happens below where the resizing die can reach. When I had my first web blow out I noticed that the round was bellied so I started checking some rounds from other shooters at the range that also had web failures and all of their rounds were bellied too. Was it a coincidence or not, I don't know but I don know that since I started using a gage on all resized pistol rounds and toss those that no longer fit the gage I haven't had another web failure.
 
I shoot until the cracks get scary. :what:

When I started reloading I purchased 2000 pieces of Starline brass for .38 spl., typically load for 890 to 900 fps.

I am working through my 5th case of 5000 primers so they've all been reloaded at least 10 times and I've only lost maybe half a dozen to wear. I expect I'll be using most of them for a long time yet.
 
Having a complete head seperation on my .303 no5 mk1 I'm going to pull the bullets and save the powder and start keeping better records. I'm kinda new to reloading and have much to learn.
 
kestak,

The web is the sloped area of the cartridge just above the rim. Here is picture of 9 mm web failure I had in a Beretta 92FS. The bullet fired normally however, the casing did not clear the action.
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