Reloading BEB Winchester Brass

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I notice the flash hole in Winchesters new "Brass Encased Bullet" ammo in .45acp and .38 special, is a lot bigger than the normal flash hole in other brass. I imagine this is due to the no-lead priming compound having a lower flame temperature or some such chemical reason. I would think that this would cause a problem if it were reloaded with standard or magnum primers with a hotter flame temp. I would imagine this could cause higher pressures.
I e-mailed Winchester about this on their ammunition e-mail line, but have received no answer so far.
Do any of you have any info on this brass?
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fal308

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I saw some of this laying around at my range also. Please post when you get an answer from Winchester.
 
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I still have not heard from Winchester but I did pick up a pamphlet at the local gun store about their "WinClean" ammunition.
It does use lead-free heavy metal-free primers. Under a heading of "RELOADABILITY" it says "WinClean utilizes standard boxer-primed brass shellcases, fully reloadable using standard reload components."
I still wonder about that large flash hole.
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