Thread: Brass life?

Kia ora whanau,

How many times would be a basic rule for reloading my norma 270 brass? This was all originally factory ammo and have reloaded 3-4 times. Load is .5 grain under max and cant see any obvious signs of pressure or wear.

Hate to throw it out but want to be safe.

With Reloaders around me up to 18 times, low pressure on cases will be more . All depends on the make of case as well

Originally Posted by kawekakid

With Reloaders around me up to 18 times, low pressure on cases will be more . All depends on the make of case as well

Shit, thats sounding good. Its norma brass

Keep going on one round till the primer falls out. I have no experience with 270 or your reloading technique but I have 6 firings out of 308 brass so far without even a FL size. I'd say any less than 10 firings would be disappointing.

Originally Posted by kiwijames

Keep going on one round till the primer falls out. I have no experience with 270 or your reloading technique but I have 6 firings out of 308 brass so far without even a FL size. I'd say any less than 10 firings would be disappointing.

Cheers James

I read 7-10 firings. Annealing if you want more

Originally Posted by Toby

I read 7-10 firings. Annealing if you want more

Cheers bro, what does annealing mean for a simpleton?

I'd keep loading, I would imagine you'll get at least another 3 and more than likely 5. I've fired federal factory ammo 7 times with no issues, I user Nosler now and am at my 8th firing with no issues at all and for the last 3 to 4 firings have been with loads 5 grain over max - this is also with a .270. How many times have you had to trim them?

Originally Posted by Grunta

I'd keep loading, I would imagine you'll get at least another 3 and more than likely 5. I've fired federal factory ammo 7 times with no issues, I user Nosler now and am at my 8th firing with no issues at all and for the last 3 to 4 firings have been with loads 5 grain over max - this is also with a .270. How many times have you had to trim them?

Never needed a trim not one

Originally Posted by Gibo

Never needed a trim not one

Plenty of life then!

lol, everyone replys at one. classic

Heating the neck up a bit, simple enough? There was a thread that was helpful on here I'll try find it for you

Originally Posted by Toby

Heating the neck up a bit, simple enough? There was a thread that was helpful on here I'll try find it for you

Anealing is not so simple and is the quick way to ruin brass , needs a lot of care , over heating is the problem , causes grain growth , but go the google route and read up all you can

You were probably a kneeling when you proposed Gibo.

Originally Posted by Rushy

You were probably a kneeling when you proposed Gibo.

Helpful as ever koro pops