SAWMAN
Master
Importance or brass to the reloa
der is never more prevelent as when you are trying for the best your firearm is capesble of.
Not so much for the pistol shooter unless you shoot competition or 14"bbl'ed T/C type "rifle" stuff. I have a Lone Eagle 16" pistol,chambered in 243Win that is extremely sensative to the brass I use.
Going thru my extensive mixed brass supply,I came up with some "pretty" stuff to expierament with in my 308Win BERGARA bolt gun.
It was all nickle plated (yep,we still call it "brass" ) but some was the Win brand and the other was the Fed brand. Started weighing it on my little(fast and accurate) scale and realized why I do these "extra" steps in my precission reloading.
Take note of the difference in weight. All this brass was once fired. Primer in. Cases were all between 2.014 and 2.016". If the outside matches your chamber deminsions why so much difference in weight ??
Gotta be internal deminsions. IOW - -> CASE CAPACITY !! This will directly effect - - -> LOAD DENSITY ... INTERNAL PRESSURE ... SD ... and most importantly ... VELOCITY.
TAKE A LOOK, IF APPLICABLE TO YOUR LOADING HABITS- -> WEIGH THAT BRASS. The 180 is the Fed,the 164 is the Win.--- SAWMAN
Not so much for the pistol shooter unless you shoot competition or 14"bbl'ed T/C type "rifle" stuff. I have a Lone Eagle 16" pistol,chambered in 243Win that is extremely sensative to the brass I use.
Going thru my extensive mixed brass supply,I came up with some "pretty" stuff to expierament with in my 308Win BERGARA bolt gun.
It was all nickle plated (yep,we still call it "brass" ) but some was the Win brand and the other was the Fed brand. Started weighing it on my little(fast and accurate) scale and realized why I do these "extra" steps in my precission reloading.
Take note of the difference in weight. All this brass was once fired. Primer in. Cases were all between 2.014 and 2.016". If the outside matches your chamber deminsions why so much difference in weight ??
Gotta be internal deminsions. IOW - -> CASE CAPACITY !! This will directly effect - - -> LOAD DENSITY ... INTERNAL PRESSURE ... SD ... and most importantly ... VELOCITY.
TAKE A LOOK, IF APPLICABLE TO YOUR LOADING HABITS- -> WEIGH THAT BRASS. The 180 is the Fed,the 164 is the Win.--- SAWMAN