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  1. straightshooter1

    Neck collapsed reloading new brass?

  2. straightshooter1

    Neck collapsed reloading new brass?

    :eek: Yeah, that's pretty bad! In looking at your picture, another thing just now occurred to me that'd be in addition to the issue of burrs. Looking at the inside of the necks (including those of my own virgin ADG's) I noticed the coating from ADG's annealing process. Annealing always leaves...
  3. straightshooter1

    Hypothetical: 1x fired --> annealed

    No doubt that the AMP machine is the easy button for very consistent results. Though the timing it uses is a function of the AZTEC Analyze mode to input the correct code. It's not really a good idea to use a particular code from someone else's test, huh? I'd say similarly with flame...
  4. straightshooter1

    Neck collapsed reloading new brass?

    Hmmm??? Did you chamfer that ADG virgin brass? And do you keep you mandrel clean from burrs that might come off and lodge into it? My .308 ADB brass came with consistent trim lengths, but they were not chamfered or deburred. They had significant burrs on both the ID's and OD's. I chamfered...
  5. straightshooter1

    Hypothetical: 1x fired --> annealed

    Depending on feel and guesswork is exactly why I bought a hardness tester and tested various approaches stated in different forums for flame annealing. Like, taking the brass out of the flame when the flame turns color (yellow or orange) or dropping the case out of the flame just when it begins...
  6. straightshooter1

    Hypothetical: 1x fired --> annealed

    After buying a hardness tester and testing the hardness of virgin brass and my annealed brass, I found I could get my case necks the same hardness that the virgin brass after annealing and sizing. Of course, I actually had to bring the softness of the brass lower that the target so that the...
  7. straightshooter1

    Hypothetical: 1x fired --> annealed

    Hmmm??? Yes and no. Yes, the neck and even the shoulder can be returned to factory condition (new/spec hardness) when annealed " properly". When the neck is sized, work hardening happen most then. So, when annealing, one actually needs to get the neck softer than new condition so that after...
  8. straightshooter1

    Accurate beam scales

    Can't get much better than the Prometheus! :eek: ;) https://www.prometheustoolcorp.com/
  9. straightshooter1

    How do you guys organize ammo when testing?

    Labeling them individually like that is a very good way to keep track of the cartridges being ejected onto the ground or when firing a semi, then when they're collected, you've got a way for which case did what . . . like if one wants to align chrono numbers to each case. Since I only load for...
  10. straightshooter1

    How do you guys organize ammo when testing?

    It came with the cases I ordered from Peterson Cartridge. On their website, you can order just the cartridge boxes by themselves. https://petersoncartridge.com/products#!/Empty-Retail-Boxes/c/182610770
  11. straightshooter1

    How do you guys organize ammo when testing?

    I have 50 and 100 round cartridge boxes that I organize my cases in for load development and put corresponding labels (usually writing on some narrow masking tape for reference), like this:
  12. straightshooter1

    6gt ARC CDG and light primer strikes

    My Alpha .308 brass measures a consistent .122" pocket depths and my CCI-450's I use in them measured .121". CCI-450 cup height is ~.113", which means the anvil is protruding above the cup by ~.008" . . . plenty of room for "crush". I typically like ~.003" of "crush", meaning I look to have...
  13. straightshooter1

    Neck collapsed reloading new brass?

    All of this ^^^^^ On inspecting my ADG brass, when I first got it, I could see that the trim length was very consistent, but . . . their trim left very distinct burrs on both the inside and outside diameter. Those burrs needed to be removed and chamfering was especially important to do. Once...
  14. straightshooter1

    Annealed brass opinion

    Hmmm??? It's can be hard to "maintain CBTO" when there's a variation from bullet to bullet in the distance between where the seating stem makes contact and where the comparator makes contact. I don't pay much attention to CBTO as measured by a standard comparator because of this issue and...
  15. straightshooter1

    .308 Winchester

    Yes, the case head where the FL dies doesn't resize measures at .467-.468" before and after firing and remains so after firing. That upper/thinner part of the steel that expanded to .470" gets sized down to .468 in my FL sizing die (still using plenty of lube ;)). . .and being the same sizing I...
  16. straightshooter1

    .308 Winchester

    Finally got out to fire these ^^^^^ and collect the data: 168 SMK's 46.0 grs IMR-4064 Case Fill: 101.9% COAL: 2.870 Case Volume: 57.7 gr H2O Ambient Temperature: 94°F AVG MV: 2,859 fps SD: 6.7, ES: 25 QL Estimated Pmax pressure: 69,733 psi 190 SMK's 43.4 grs IMR-4064 Case Fill: 100.2% COAL...
  17. straightshooter1

    308 Muzzle Velocity with 175gr

    Interesting that they're using the case design like Sig produces for their 277 Fury Hybrid cartridges. https://www.sigsauer.com/277-sig-fury-150-hybrid-hunter.html https://shellshocktechnologies.com/shop/cases-reloading-tools/5-56x45mm/1000-5-56x45mm-cases/
  18. straightshooter1

    308 Muzzle Velocity with 175gr

    When I use Varget (these days I'm mostly just using AR-Comp) 43.4 grs giving me a hair over 2700 fps where the sweet spot is for my rifle, having a 26" 1:8 heavy Krieger barrel. It's right at what QL says is max SAAMI pressure and I don't get any pressure signs. Here's the QL data I have for...
  19. straightshooter1

    308 Muzzle Velocity with 175gr

    You're right, some of these loads are indeed "hot" and one should always be cautious and work up to "hot" loads since every gun is different in they way it can handle the ignition. :rolleyes:
  20. straightshooter1

    Annealed brass opinion

    When you say "Tumbled Clean", what kind of tumbling does that refer to in this particular case? Dry (vibrator) Tumble and with what media??? Wet tumble, with or without SS pins??? I ask because all these variations produce very different results.
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