Magnum Wheel Man
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had my retired buddy give me about 600 44 mag cases... some reloaded a couple times, some once fired, & some new "old stock" 60-70's Remington cases still in the original boxes...
running the fired cases through my de-capper prior to wet tumbling, I noticed a couple boxes of older Federal once fired, looked amazingly clean... yup... still needed tumbled IMO ( but I like my cases shiny & new looking ) but I'd like to hear what some of the guesses would be for powder & primers they used... much less residue in the primer pockets than typical, & the insides of the cases looked about as clean as the outsides, very little soot either inside or outside the case... bullets were originally jacketed 240 grain bullets... boxes were the old red & white Federal boxes... over all they were remarkably clean cases compared to nearly anything I've ever prepped for reloading ( & I've been doing this a long time )
Primers ??? I think Federal makes there own, I'm not sure when they started, & I don't recall ever seeing large pistol magnum ( though I'm sure that's because to date the only Federal Primers I go out of my way to look for are large rifle magnum )
Powder ??? I can't think of anything I use that would have burned that clean ???
running the fired cases through my de-capper prior to wet tumbling, I noticed a couple boxes of older Federal once fired, looked amazingly clean... yup... still needed tumbled IMO ( but I like my cases shiny & new looking ) but I'd like to hear what some of the guesses would be for powder & primers they used... much less residue in the primer pockets than typical, & the insides of the cases looked about as clean as the outsides, very little soot either inside or outside the case... bullets were originally jacketed 240 grain bullets... boxes were the old red & white Federal boxes... over all they were remarkably clean cases compared to nearly anything I've ever prepped for reloading ( & I've been doing this a long time )
Primers ??? I think Federal makes there own, I'm not sure when they started, & I don't recall ever seeing large pistol magnum ( though I'm sure that's because to date the only Federal Primers I go out of my way to look for are large rifle magnum )
Powder ??? I can't think of anything I use that would have burned that clean ???