Speakin' of loading the .44Special........

[BobWright]

I saw an ad in the classifieds on another forum for six boxes (300 cases) of "vintage" .44 Special brass. These were reputed to be new, unprimed Remington brass. So, the price was right and I plunked my money down. (Well, mailed off my check.)

I got six boxes of new, unprimed Remington brass that are balloon head cases. The boxes are the old red box with green Remington logo, and are shown made in Bridgeport, CT. Also bear the DuPont logo.

I figure these cases to be over fifty years old. Loaded one box of fifty last week and fired them off thith morning.

How in the world does one keep brass like that without loading it?

Bob Wright


P.S. Have no worries about my loading balloon head cases. My first reloads were made with balloon head cases.

 

[Driftwood Johnson]

Howdy

Funny you should ask. I have this box in my cartridge collection. Remington UMC 45 Colt unprimed brass. A little bit out of focus but that is the Dupont logo underneath the Remington logo. Too bad some dumbass wrote BALLON HEAD (sp) on the box. Probably will never load them, I was going to do some Black Powder capacity comparisons with them and modern brass. Have not gotten around to it yet.

 

[Bullseye]

I had to go to another thread here on THR to learn about balloon head cases. So I thought I'd post the link for others.

https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?threads/what-is-a-balloon-head-case-please.745994/