Pistol cases

toad67

August 08, 2009 08:16

When reloading 38/357 and 44 mag is it as important to load the same brand of cases as it is with rifle or is it okay to mix them up?? Thanks

Todd

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  bpost

  August 08, 2009 08:52

  I never sort pistol brass UNLESS;
  (1) I am shooting MAX loads
  (2) I am shooting NRA Bullseye
  (3) I am seeking to eliminate as many variables as possible.
  
  If they are for plinking or for informal target shooting it may not be worth the bother.

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  armilite

  August 08, 2009 09:45

  I just do it out of habit, but I can't argue with bpost1958 reasons for not doing it. I had some mixed brass loadings for my Dan Wesson once and they had about 4 or 5 loadings on them. These were not max loads by any means but out of a box of 50 I had 5 cases that had failed and all 5 were of the same manufacturer. Don't exactly know what happened maybe they were older or more brittle than the others or what. Now I just keep them all seperated by brand so I can maintain better control over them.

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  Rocky Raab

  August 08, 2009 09:53

  I can't improve on bpost's comments at all. That's perdamnzackly what I do.

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  partisan

  August 09, 2009 16:51

  Another supporter of bpost1958 on this question.

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