I recently bought some CFE Pistol and am working on lead bullet loads for testing. Since it is testing, in 38 Spl., I used some mixed brass. CBC, R-P, S&B, and WCC. The bullets were Missouri's 125 gr. 12 BHN.
On the 2nd firing, in the 3rd round, the cylinder wouldn't rotate. First thoughts was either high primer or I short stroked the trigger. After a bit of looking things over, I saw powder on the crane. I had a bullet jump the crimp. Then 2, then 3.
I thought I had a good crimp on the bullets. Got home and went ahead and increased the crimp and reloaded the ones I did shoot. Plus the ones that the bullet pulled out.
That is when I noticed the Remington brass, after resizing, would move the Lee Pro disk with charge bar, a lot less than the other brass. And barely any neck tension. I even removed the deprimer and resized again with the same results. Usually this happens when the brass is cracked at the mouth. And all the brass is within .010" in length of each other.
I have used Remington brass in several other calibers. This is a first.
Has anyone else seen this before?
On the 2nd firing, in the 3rd round, the cylinder wouldn't rotate. First thoughts was either high primer or I short stroked the trigger. After a bit of looking things over, I saw powder on the crane. I had a bullet jump the crimp. Then 2, then 3.
I thought I had a good crimp on the bullets. Got home and went ahead and increased the crimp and reloaded the ones I did shoot. Plus the ones that the bullet pulled out.
That is when I noticed the Remington brass, after resizing, would move the Lee Pro disk with charge bar, a lot less than the other brass. And barely any neck tension. I even removed the deprimer and resized again with the same results. Usually this happens when the brass is cracked at the mouth. And all the brass is within .010" in length of each other.
I have used Remington brass in several other calibers. This is a first.
Has anyone else seen this before?