Im a longtime fan and and newest member. I bought a hundred rounds of Hornady 45LC brass at a gun show and found out its .055 (1.225) shorter than my old CBC brass (1.280) anyone else ran into this? I suppose this would be ok for target loads but I wanted it specificaly for my hunting loads.
WOW, That is surprising.
As cbc brass has a reputation of being shorter in the 357 & 44 case IFIRC.
Probely the short brass for the Flex tip ammo
To make the proper OAL
Hornady decided to shorten the brass
John
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this.Originally Posted by johnch
Yep, all their brass for calibers that also happen to be loaded at the factory with flex-tips as "Leverevolution" ammo is short. I have some 444 Marlin the same way.
I like it, because i can load longer-nosed cast bullets to the same OAL, so it works for me, but it's something to be aware of.
Generally, I find Hornady brass to be high-quality, but I don't get it much, because it's also more expensive and I'm cheap!
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I have noticed that as well on a lot of their brass, 44mag, 45 colt, 45-70. I just set it aside and save it for longer bullets.
Adam
Same here, I bought some 45-70 brass a while back and it's so short I can't even put a crimp in it. I thought I had gotten some factory seconds.
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