Military brass seems to me to be be harder in the neck area than new annealed brass.
I think this is to provide better neck tension to hold the bullet in place.
Annealing before case forming might...
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Type: Posts; User: bj139
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
Military brass seems to me to be be harder in the neck area than new annealed brass.
I think this is to provide better neck tension to hold the bullet in place.
Annealing before case forming might...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
I just built a 458 SOCOM and don't have a gas block for it yet.
I loaded some 350gr bullets with 7gr of Red Dot and they are very light loads.
The best part is, they are easy to eject with the...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
What kind of pressure and velocity do you think you are getting? What weight bullet and type are you using with what kind of accuracy? Are these low speed plinking loads? How do the primers look? ...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
I just loaded 10 rounds with the LEE .329 GC bullets and 19.5 grains of AA1680 (3.1cc with LEE dipper). They fed through the Steyr wonderfully.
I shot them last Friday @ 50yds. For 5 shots, 3...
| BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
| BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
| BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
| C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
| HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
| PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
| LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
| GC | Gas Check |