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Used to go the other way! My how times change... (reply)

Dave B — Sat, 06 Mar 2021 01:16:55 +0000

Amen Brother!

Brittle nickel brass (reply)

Dave B — Sat, 06 Mar 2021 01:16:19 +0000

I certainly prefer my brass to be yeller.

Dave

Web site (reply)

Dave B — Sat, 06 Mar 2021 01:15:23 +0000

I'm going to be giving him a call.

Used to go the other way! My how times change... (reply)

Slow Hand — Fri, 05 Mar 2021 01:19:35 +0000

I remember reading articles about the same thing, using .32/20 brass to make ‘short’ nagant ammo.

To your other point, I have seen some odd stuff listed on the local classifieds pages. Now is not th beets time to get into another caliber...

Brittle nickel brass (reply)

Slow Hand — Fri, 05 Mar 2021 01:17:09 +0000

I’ve reloaded plenty of .38 and .357 nickeled brass with no trouble, even having some 38 brass that is mostly brass as it’s been reloaded so many times that the nickel has mostly worn off. But, I still remember a 100 piece bag of Remington nickel brass I bought brand new. I had I bet 1/4 to 1/3 of them split the first firing. And about the same amount the second firing or while resizing. Not case mouths either, splits from mouth about 90% of the way to the extractor groove. I’m prettty sure I pitched the rest just to me safe, and that was back when I was young and really broke, so that meant something! I’ve been leery of nickeled brass since then!

Used to go the other way! My how times change... (reply)

Hobie — Thu, 04 Mar 2021 19:53:04 +0000

As an aside, I had a woman come in to the shop at the height of the gun run with a Nagant hoping we would be able to tell her what ammo it used and walked out VERY happy with a now usable revolver and a couple of boxes of fresh factory ammo. People are digging out EVERYTHING it preparation for the coming storm. They (and whatever group(s) they are in does not matter) BELIEVE it IS coming...

anneal? (reply)

bj — Thu, 04 Mar 2021 17:46:25 +0000

I'm not sure if you can anneal nickle plated brass the same way and I've heard that it is more prone to split.

Web site (reply)

Paul — Thu, 04 Mar 2021 13:15:40 +0000

https://fermincgarza.com/shop

Front sight... (reply)

Paul — Thu, 04 Mar 2021 12:49:02 +0000

You might give Fermin Garza a holler about your front sight. He's producing some very good options and can help you with the height that you need.

32-20 Brass (reply)

Cherokee — Thu, 04 Mar 2021 12:33:41 +0000

PM sent.

anneal? (reply)

Dave B — Thu, 04 Mar 2021 02:22:30 +0000

I learned a hard lesson. I was loading these on my Dillon 550, big mistake, I am using Lyman dies, with a Lee FCD. Well the powder die was working the brass way too much. So now I am using the Lyman M die that came in the set, and it does a much better job without overworking the brass. The brass that split were all RP nickle plated. I need to find someone to solder a new front sight on this butchered Buckeye Special. Currently I am shooting powder coated RCBS SWC at 102 gr, over 4.4 gr of Power Pistol, shoots about a 8"-9" high at 25. Still such a fun cartridge as I have gained years of "wisdom".

Dave

32-20 Brass (reply)

Dave B — Thu, 04 Mar 2021 02:15:41 +0000

Learned something new here!

Dave

32-20 Brass (reply)

Dave B — Thu, 04 Mar 2021 02:14:55 +0000

Would like 100, but at this point, I will not be picky.

Dave

32-20 Brass (reply)

RayLee — Thu, 04 Mar 2021 00:28:48 +0000

Since the shortages, I have had to make do with forming .32 w.c.f. from these.....

https://www.grafs.com/retail/catalog/product/productId/77289

Requires quite a bit of trimming.

anneal? (reply)

bj — Thu, 04 Mar 2021 00:06:11 +0000

I've read that if you anneal your current brass with a propane torch you can extend the life of what you have. You would have to search the net for instructions.

32-20 Brass (reply)

Cherokee — Wed, 03 Mar 2021 22:38:27 +0000

I can help there, how many you need?

32-20 Brass

Dave B — Wed, 03 Mar 2021 21:25:45 +0000

It was bound to happen, got caught with my pants down. Been trying to shoot calibers that are more thrifty in regards to powder. I have discovered my 32-20 brass stash is woefully inadequate, and I have a bunch with beginning neck splits.

Dave