Uncle Buck
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I reload .38 Special, .357 and .45 Colt. When I first started reloading I trimmed all of my brass, worked the primer pockets and tried to make everything perfect.
After a year of reloading, and at least 10,000 rounds, I have found I do not have to do anything to my pistol brass, other than pop primers, resize and reload. (Of course I still tumble until the brass is so shiny it looks like a mirror, but I do that mainly because it irritates my shooting buddy ).
My ammunition is used mainly for plinking, lots of plinking. The only competition shooting I do is between friends and the wager is usually about who has to run into the house for the next bottle of pop.
Now when I reload, I inspect the brass and primer pockets. No cracks and the primer fits nicely (No loose or oblong pockets) and I am ready to move on to the next step.
How many rounds do you think it took you folks to realize the extra work on pistol brass was not worth it for what you shoot?
After a year of reloading, and at least 10,000 rounds, I have found I do not have to do anything to my pistol brass, other than pop primers, resize and reload. (Of course I still tumble until the brass is so shiny it looks like a mirror, but I do that mainly because it irritates my shooting buddy ).
My ammunition is used mainly for plinking, lots of plinking. The only competition shooting I do is between friends and the wager is usually about who has to run into the house for the next bottle of pop.
Now when I reload, I inspect the brass and primer pockets. No cracks and the primer fits nicely (No loose or oblong pockets) and I am ready to move on to the next step.
How many rounds do you think it took you folks to realize the extra work on pistol brass was not worth it for what you shoot?