forty5cal1911 Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 If starting with once fired good factory brass, all fired from your comp pistol with fully supported barrel. How many times do you reload the same case if loading to major pf? Second question is what is your threshold for no longer using it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rnlinebacker Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 If starting with once fired good factory brass, all fired from your comp pistol with fully supported barrel. How many times do you reload the same case if loading to major pf? Second question is what is your threshold for no longer using it?Until the neck won't hold a crimp anymoreSent from my SM-N960U using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forty5cal1911 Posted March 1, 2020 Author Share Posted March 1, 2020 2 minutes ago, Rnlinebacker said: Until the neck won't hold a crimp anymore Sent from my SM-N960U using Tapatalk Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJH Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 Generally till i lose it or it splits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttolliver Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 As many times as I can reclaim the brass. Although I've long since stopped doing 50 squats a day to grab brass during the competition day. But I buy 40 range brass from friends in the sport with no cares about how many times it's been fired. And I find very few split cases in 40. Maybe 2 or 3 in a batch of 5000. I've come to the opinion that the only range pickup brass to be wary of is getting 9x19 fired through Open guns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RePete Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 I keep loading it, when I pick it up, but I lose the brass before it splits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougM Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 I also load it until it splits. I examine every round AFTER reloading it to be sure it hasn't split during the reloading process. If it has, I disassemble the round and trash the brass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acclaym Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 How can anyone tell how many reloads brass has had? Especially if you're picking it up from the outdoor range. If you're reloading you need to inspect every round. .40 is usually good to go until a split. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IHAVEGAS Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 7 hours ago, ttolliver said: I've come to the opinion that the only range pickup brass to be wary of is getting 9x19 fired through Open guns. I shoot a lot of it (USPSA match range brass). I do not know of anything you need to be careful of, I just pitch it after it splits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe4d Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 1 hour ago, DougM said: I also load it until it splits. I examine every round AFTER reloading it to be sure it hasn't split during the reloading process. If it has, I disassemble the round and trash the brass. pretty much. Life is too short to worry about such trivial things. I pick up brass when I shoot, might be mine, might not, all goes in a bucket,,, gets sorted by caliber, thrown in tumbler and loaded. If I see something wonkee while loading it gets tossed,,, other wise I load it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyScuba Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 I practice with brass and shoot matches with nickel. It’s maybe 5% of my 40 pile but 75% or more of my just loaded cracked rounds are nickel. I now let them be someone else’s problem. I hate wacking loaded rounds. At least with my revo I can shoot cracked rounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick_shoots_fast Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 (edited) I’ve shot limited major for years and I’ve never kept count of how many times a piece gets loaded and fired. It has a way of cycling itself out Due to matches and practicing outdoors. You won’t ever get 100% of your brass back. also if you have a case gauge a cracked case won’t fit in the gauge. In my hundo a cracked case needs to really be jammed into the gauge for it to fit. That’s my red flag alarm to Examine the case before I shoot it. I wouldn’t worry about firing a loaded cracked case if you gauge all your ammo. Edited March 3, 2020 by Atlasguy321 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domino329 Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 I just keep reloading until I see a split in the case. I check for splits while drying the brass and give a quick look over while case gaguing. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limitedgun Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 Seems I can never hold on to it long enough for it to become a problem.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzt Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 All my matches are lost brass. For practice: until I lose them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CZGeoege Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 I reload them until I lose them or they crack.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yagi Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 You lose count when you reload your picked up brass. I use them until it splits.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HCH Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 A split case or really loose primer pocket is my indicator. I have never purchased .40 brass—it’s all range pickup. So who knows?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HHjr Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 Minor loads..... Till I loose it!! H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnappi Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 When I fill my empty brass bin, I take a handful at a time and shake them in a cupped palm, when I hear a split case, I find it and toss it out, and keep reloading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warpspeed Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 I tested this once upon a time IIRC, I loaded known once fired brass to 40 major with 180 gr bullets and N320 After 10 firings including rollsizing as part of the reloading process they were all still GTG so I quit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakobi Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 Shoot it until it splits or it won't hold a primer. I've reused stuff that has the headstamp worn completely off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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