Anyone reloading S&B brass? Any observations?

[Tristan]

Like, is the primer pocket tight as can be?

Tried swaging a few, but still requires a significant amount of force to seat a primer (Wolf SPM). Maybe I should try a different primer?

Anyone else notice this?

- Tristan

[mellonhead]

I have noticed the same with 357 S&B brass. I am using CCI primers. I have a small pistol/rifle primer pocket reamer here somewhere I am gonna try.

Toby

[dubber123]

Any tightness in my 40X fired .45 ACP's was apparently worn out long ago.... I believe I have heard reports of the Wolfs seating a little harder in general. Could you measure the cup diameter of the Wolf Vs. another brand?

[bobthenailer]

ive reloaded s&b brass in 9mm, 380, 45 acp and 357 mag with federal primers with no problems

[RayinNH]

I've loaded .45 ACP cases with no problems. My experience has been CCI primers are tighter than Winchester and Federals, I've never used Wolf...Ray

[yondering]

I bought a case of loaded 45 auto S&B in 2003 that had tight primer pockets. All the other S&B brass I've picked up though has been fine. I think most of it's good brass but once in a while they make some that's out of spec.

[machinisttx]

Every S&B case I've loaded has had an overly tight primer pocket.

[Reloader06]

Machinisttx +1

[lead-1]

What I have loaded has mostly been .45 acp and it has tight pockets. When I loaded several hundred .223 S&B brass I ended up buying a Lyman primer pocket reamer because it laughed at my RCBS swager.

BTW, I was using CCI primers in both the pistol and the rifle brass.

[Potsy]

I've got some S & B range brass for my .45 ACP. It does run a little tighter than everything else. At least with CCI 300 primers, which is all I've used.

[GT27]

CCI primers in comparison to Federal,Winchester,and Remington has a lot harder primer cup!S&B is great brass IMHO...

[exile]

Every S & B case I have loaded has a tight primer pocket when using CCI primers. I quit reloading them and buying S & B ammo, which irritates my wife since she lived in the Czech Republic. Oh well. When depriming, they usually get stuck in the shell holder. Go figure.

exile

[Who's this Guy ?]

I have reloaded S&B 9mm luger brass with Win. and CCI primers. The primers I've used and the brass has been problem free.

[largom]

Only S&B cases I have are 223 which I have reloaded several times without any problems. Any new/used brass I acquire gets the primer pockets reamed and the flash holes deburred. Part of my standard case prep.

Larry

[winelover]

I've had no problems with S&B brass in 9mm and 38 Spl with CCI primers.

Winelover

[Adam10mm]

S&B brass always goes in the scrap bucket.

[blaster]

I've loaded S&B 9mm and it was ok, Winchester primers went in fine. I did find a few of their brass plated steel cases in a mixed lot so you might want to watch out for that.

[MtGun44]

I have some .45 ACP S&B range pickup and I can ALWAYS tell when the S&B case comes up at
primer seating in the Dillion 550. I think they are SHALLOW, not tighter. My problem is that
I have to push like heck to get them safely below the surface.

I may start sorting it out and selling or scrapping it.

Bill

[AnthonyB]

I have several thousand S&B 38 Special I load with no problem.
Tony

[snowwolfe]

I've loaded .45 ACP cases with no problems. My experience has been CCI primers are tighter than Winchester and Federals, I've never used Wolf...Ray

Absolutely agree. Just yesterday I primed some WW 44 mag (new) brass with CCI's and the fit was so tight some of the primers were flattened. And this was accomplished with a RCBS hand priming tool after I used a primer pocket tool to make sure the seating depth was equal.