I just added a 41 Mag to the stable Friday in a 6 1/2 Ruger Blackhawk and the brass and dies showed up Saturday moments before I returned home from an IDPA match with my son. Very excited I loaded a few 5gr BE loads under 215gr LSWCHP boolits and shot them out back with with poor accuracy and shooting left and high. I reloaded those same 6 Starline brass 3 times each 2x with 5gr BE and then 5.5.
I then tried 17.5 2400 with better accuracy and even went out to shoot at 75 yards but sights were still way off. At 18gr the groups tightened up so I adjusted the sights and found one of the brass did not fall free on it's own and was split. So the brass was loaded 6x with 3x being low power loads. I since have loaded the other 5 2 more times with 18gr of 2400 with no trouble.
Anyhow this was 100x of Starline nickle plated brass and wondered if I can expect any kind of life out of it and trying to decide whether to get more or wait and buy it in brass only.
If I can find the time today a will set up the chrony and even try some 75 and 100 yard shots. I am looking forward to using it this hunting season to add some meat to the freezer in place of the .357 and 45 acp I have used up to this point.