Tracking Number of Loadings on Brass

[CQB45ACP]

45ACP is too common a caliber to put so much effort into.
I didn’t buy a single one of these.
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Not much effort and since I want real results on longevity, not anecdotes, it's well worth it. Now, had I read the Florida Reloading article before I started, I might not have started, but here I am.

I have maybe that amount of brass too, but had to buy most of it except for a good sized care package from @Soonerpesek and a swap with @GeoDudeFlorida.

But, for the duration of my test, I shoot the same batch of Winchester brass each time and every time I go to the range. That's perhaps the most simple and fail safe way to keep count.

 

[thump_rrr]

Not much effort and since I want real results on longevity, not anecdotes, it's well worth it. Now, had I read the Florida Reloading article before I started, I might not have started, but here I am.

I have maybe that amount of brass too, but had to buy most of it except for a good sized care package from @Soonerpesek and a swap with @GeoDudeFlorida.

But, for the duration of my test, I shoot the same batch of Winchester brass each time and every time I go to the range. That's perhaps the most simple and fail safe way to keep count.

As an FYI S&B brass has the tightest primer pockets from everything I have tried.

Off the top of my head I’ve tried
Aguila
Blazer
Federal
Fiocchi
PMC
PPU
PSD
R.P. (Best chamfer on primer pocket)
S&B (Tightest primer pocket)
Starline
Winchester

 

[N555]

I have tried keeping track of my rifle brass but failed miserably. I am good about inspecting each piece of rifle brass after each firing and after they are tumbled. I check the primer pockets, case necks, and for case head separation.

Me too. I'll keep track of factory brass fired once and that's it. Beyond the first firing I anneal the neck and shoulder dead soft and run them through a FL sizing die with expander ball.
If I could keep track of them I would probably do 2 reloads seizing the brass with a body die always then either a collet die or neck bushing die to hold the bullet.

 

[CQB45ACP]

As an FYI S&B brass has the tightest primer pockets from everything I have tried.

Off the top of my head I’ve tried
Aguila
Blazer
Federal
Fiocchi
PMC
PPU
PSD
R.P. (Best chamfer on primer pocket)
S&B (Tightest primer pocket)
Starline
Winchester

I agree completely re: S&B. They were my subjects when first experimenting uniforming/messing around with primer pockets.

I've tried the same and a few more but only Federal jumps out for having its own "personality". They are really thick brass seems to me.

 

[thump_rrr]

I agree completely re: S&B. They were my subjects when first experimenting uniforming/messing around with primer pockets.

I've tried the same and a few more but only Federal jumps out for having its own "personality". They are really thick brass seems to me.

I have some S&B somewhere that were loaded so many times that the rim has been completely rounded off.
They still extract perfectly out of my Les Baer, Springfield Stainless Loaded, HK45 and my HK UMC.

 

[CQB45ACP]

I have some S&B somewhere that were loaded so many times that the rim has been completely rounded off.
They still extract perfectly out of my Les Baer, Springfield Stainless Loaded, HK45 and my HK UMC.

Chalk that up to great firearms!

 

[CQB45ACP]

I have some S&B somewhere that were loaded so many times that the rim has been completely rounded off.
They still extract perfectly out of my Les Baer, Springfield Stainless Loaded, HK45 and my HK UMC.

More on S&B...kind of. I just started preparing some almost new HRTRS for batch longevity testing and the primer pockets are tight, tight, tight! So, did a little looking and discovered they're made by S&B these days!

 

[lightman]

I include the times fired on the info label that I put on each box or container.

 

[Soonerpesek]

More on S&B...kind of. I just started preparing some almost new HRTRS for batch longevity testing and the primer pockets are tight, tight, tight! So, did a little looking and discovered they're made by S&B these days!

Correcto.....
I never had good luck with either brass, but many here say they have no problems.....

 

[dobedo]

A waste of time keeping track how many times shells were used. I have been reloading for 40+ years and just marked the baggies O/F. If you inspect each round after decapping and cleaning there is no need to mark how many times they were fired. Bottle necks are more able to need replacement than straight walled cartridges due to needing annealing.

 

[Walkalong]

The only Herters brass I have (As far as I know, could be an odd one here or there), is a batch of 500 .32 Long I have put back.

I'm shooting the Starline .32 Long brass I bought new.

 

[CQB45ACP]

The only Herters brass I have (As far as I know, could be an odd one here or there), is a batch of 500 .32 Long I have put back.

I'm shooting the Starline .32 Long brass I bought new.

I never had enough to worry about till @Soonerpesek was "kind" enough to send me some along with many others. Now I know why

 

[johnjohn]

One box I fired last range trip had an old paper tag inside it that said"B1". That was all I could make out. Went back in my book and found out it was almost 20yrs.old. They all went bang and according to my book had been loaded 8 times.