Short` 357 brass

[Lightning Ross]

I bought some once fired 357 mixed range brass. Fed and Winchester brass all in the range of 1.285 and 1.90. Some brass was nickol and a brand of cbc . The cbc brass ran 2.751 fired and1.281 sized. Would you seperate and adjust seater or pitch it? 155 grain swc mid range with 2400 powder.

[S.R.Custom]

Send it to me. I'll even cover postage. I have no issue with segregating by length and adjusting my sizer and crimper accordingly. :-D

[HeavyMetal]

I try to trim all my case's to a specific length for each cartridge.

If these were mine and shorter than what I was all ready shooting I'd make the effort to keep it seperate.

[wiljen]

Keep em separate and use em for making 358429s for the S&W and other short cylinder guns. The 358429 wont chamber (in S&Ws) when loaded in full length 357 brass, and loading it in 38 brass creates the potential problem of it getting used in a gun that cant handle the load. Shortened 357 brass marked as such is a great way to take care of that. It still says 357 on the headstamp and will fit.

[cbrick]

Absolutely seperate it. As much as .010" variation in brass length is a large variation in either crimp or in the seating depth and the available powder capacity thus the consistency of the powder burn and . . . the consistency of accuracy.

Rick