Thread: 22 Hornet - Over Length Fired Once Cases?

Originally Posted by Jhon

Do you have a high loss rate of brass?

No. Some of my old brass dates back to 1987 - 1990s and may have been fired and loaded 3 or 4 times by a mate of mine way back then. Yes, some have split up near the neck. That's to be expected.

This is my strategy to mitigate lost brass: (1) Catch ejected, fired cases and put them in my pocket. If I'm static shooting from one place for a long time, I put down a big, commercial floor mat on the ground or bonnet. It's about 1.5 X 2m cos you can looses these little cases in the grass.

For Horhet the ADI Handloaders Guide specifics 10.5 - 11.5C grains of AR2207 behind a 40grn SPR SP for velocities of 2253 - 2488fps. I only load 10grns in the hope of maximizing case life. I hope that by loading a light load I might get 10 - 12 - 15 reloads from one case. 15 might be over optimistic. It would be interesting to know from other Hornet reloaders how many reloads they are getting from one case, at what powder and projectile weights.

By contrast, if I loaded HOT Compressed loads I would expect 3 - 5 reloads only.