Thread: Brass life?

Kia ora whanau,

How many times would be a basic rule for reloading my norma 270 brass? This was all originally factory ammo and have reloaded 3-4 times. Load is .5 grain under max and cant see any obvious signs of pressure or wear.

Hate to throw it out but want to be safe.

With Reloaders around me up to 18 times, low pressure on cases will be more . All depends on the make of case as well

Keep going on one round till the primer falls out. I have no experience with 270 or your reloading technique but I have 6 firings out of 308 brass so far without even a FL size. I'd say any less than 10 firings would be disappointing.

I read 7-10 firings. Annealing if you want more

Originally Posted by kawekakid

With Reloaders around me up to 18 times, low pressure on cases will be more . All depends on the make of case as well

Shit, thats sounding good. Its norma brass

I'd keep loading, I would imagine you'll get at least another 3 and more than likely 5. I've fired federal factory ammo 7 times with no issues, I user Nosler now and am at my 8th firing with no issues at all and for the last 3 to 4 firings have been with loads 5 grain over max - this is also with a .270. How many times have you had to trim them?

Originally Posted by Toby

I read 7-10 firings. Annealing if you want more

Cheers bro, what does annealing mean for a simpleton?

lol, everyone replys at one. classic

Originally Posted by Grunta

I'd keep loading, I would imagine you'll get at least another 3 and more than likely 5. I've fired federal factory ammo 7 times with no issues, I user Nosler now and am at my 8th firing with no issues at all and for the last 3 to 4 firings have been with loads 5 grain over max - this is also with a .270. How many times have you had to trim them?

Never needed a trim not one

Heating the neck up a bit, simple enough? There was a thread that was helpful on here I'll try find it for you

Originally Posted by kiwijames

Keep going on one round till the primer falls out. I have no experience with 270 or your reloading technique but I have 6 firings out of 308 brass so far without even a FL size. I'd say any less than 10 firings would be disappointing.

Cheers James

You were probably a kneeling when you proposed Gibo.

As long as it chambers after a mild resize or better yet, after firing, you are all good.
Primer pockets still firm will generally mean you have no concerns with case head expansion.
Necks are generally first to go on L/A cases due to resizing and brass flo.
Should get at least 8-9 goes I reckon Gibo.


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Originally Posted by Gibo

Never needed a trim not one

Plenty of life then!

you might find if your not annealing your going to lose neck tension and accuracy soon after a few more firings. as the neck gets work hardened.