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Seems you cowboy action shooters like the '92 and also like light loads. So what's the secret to light loads without spitting?
Glenn
An excellent place to start. With either hard brass or light loads the case can't expand and seal the chamber preventing blowback. As Griff stated, annealing the cases to soften them and/or higher pressure loads should solve the problem.Griff wrote:Annealing case mouths; or... not such light loads.
Yeah, I'm not crazy about nickel cases, but thought it would be a good way to keep my 44 and 45 cases separate. Oh well.Griff wrote:Glenn,
Those nickel cases may contribute a little to the issue. They seem to be more brittle than straight brass, thereby suffering from cracked mouths whereas brass doesn't quite as soon.
Is this true across the board or just in certain cases (no pun intended...Griff wrote:Glenn,
Those nickel cases may contribute a little to the issue. They seem to be more brittle than straight brass, thereby suffering from cracked mouths whereas brass doesn't quite as soon.
Yes, I believe it's pretty much the case across the board. Although I have some nickel .38Spl. cases that have been reloaded so much that the nickel is pretty much worn off. But, they've only had light loads in them and they've been used in pistols only.awp101 wrote:Is this true across the board or just in certain cases (no pun intended...Griff wrote:Glenn,
Those nickel cases may contribute a little to the issue. They seem to be more brittle than straight brass, thereby suffering from cracked mouths whereas brass doesn't quite as soon.)? I'm curious because IIRC the .38 Super factory loads I've been shooting are nickle cases and I've been saving them to reload someday.