Thread: Reloading in 1880s

Originally Posted by akaroa1

Some of the old brass looked like it was painted red and brown inside
So there's been something brewing in there and the necks are very soft

Sounds very much like the mercuric primer reacting to the zinc... Forms chlorides and chlorites and strips the zinc out of the brass which stuffs the ductility of the material.

Originally Posted by Jhon

Have you done a write up on your conversion process anywhere Phil ?

Not as yet. I was thinking of doing a vid showing the process from go to woah & putting it on Y/T but don't really know how to go about it. I could do a bit of a write up on here with photos if there was any interest. The Xmil shells are pretty good quality & I've never had any issues with the firing & reloading of the conversions including good accuracy. It can be applied to steel cases as well with the same results.
When converting the corrosive primed shells always wet wash before reloading , so there's not old corrosive residue in the shells.
Cheers.
Phil.

Originally Posted by Tararua Phil

Not as yet. I was thinking of doing a vid showing the process from go to woah & putting it on Y/T but don't really know how to go about it. I could do a bit of a write up on here with photos if there was any interest. The Xmil shells are pretty good quality & I've never had any issues with the firing & reloading of the conversions including good accuracy. It can be applied to steel cases as well with the same results.
When converting the corrosive primed shells always wet wash before reloading , so there's not old corrosive residue in the shells.
Cheers.
Phil.

Yes please!!!!!!

OK, Will start the process over the weekend.
Cheers,
Phil.

I formed another 4 cases today and used this original kit to gauge my forming.

Because I'm using thin rims nitro express brass I have adjusted the shoulder location to head space on that.
This leaves the front of the rim 0.5mm off the breech face.
But does make the case rim back face make light contact with the breech block

best of both worlds then..... might also help with case life. sort of a bit like the small O=RING trick with .303brit loads