Thread: See separation?

What causes this? 7mmsaum. Full length resized. Warm but not hot load. 2nd and 3rd firing. Good Adg brass.

Originally Posted by Tahr

What causes this? 7mmsaum. Full length resized. Warm but not hot load. 2nd and 3rd firing. Good Adg brass.
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Hell that's one thing I've never seen I be interested in here what others think it is.
Sorry I'm if no help.

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Maybe your annealing technique could have something to do with it?
I've seen it on a 223 where too many reloads and no annealing.

Originally Posted by Mathias

Maybe your annealing technique could have something to do with it?
I've seen it on a 223 where too many reloads and no annealing.

I did anneal after one load. Maybe too hot?

Brass is too hard/brittle

It’s certainly the hardest/ toughest brass to FL resize with a manual press handle

Originally Posted by 7mmsaum

Brass is too hard/brittle

It’s certainly the hardest/ toughest brass to FL resize with a manual press handle

So I stuffed it annealing then?

can you show an unfired load from the same batch

What do the bases look like?
Just a question to get an overall picture.
Also how many did you fire and have any others given you any sign or were these the first two in that batch that you reloaded.
Again just for my own reference in what to look for, ie warning signs. Thanks.

Originally Posted by Tahr

So I stuffed it annealing then?

Yes

Most likely after annealing the cool down period was too quick

ADG brass is well annealed before purchase so I would be tempted to load it 4 times minimum before re annealing

Originally Posted by 7mmsaum

Yes

Most likely after annealing the cool down period was too quick

ADG brass is well annealed before purchase so I would be tempted to load it 4 times minimum before re annealing

As in dunking them in water..? That's what I do!

Originally Posted by 7mmsaum

Yes

Most likely after annealing the cool down period was too quick

ADG brass is well annealed before purchase so I would be tempted to load it 4 times minimum before re annealing

Thank you for this.

Bruce

Originally Posted by Sideshow

What do the bases look like?
Just a question to get an overall picture.
Also how many did you fire and have any others given you any sign or were these the first two in that batch that you reloaded.
Again just for my own reference in what to look for, ie warning signs. Thanks.

Bases are good. No scribes or marks. I "think" it started after I annealed. Powder is Hybrid100V and R26. 162 grn at 3k out of 22" barrel so its up there. Have fired maybe 100 shots through the rifle and none of the brass is older than 4 firings.

I will start again with new brass, not anneal, and track what happens.

Originally Posted by gonetropo

can you show an unfired load from the same batch

Originally Posted by outlander

As in dunking them in water..? That's what I do!

That’s not annealing, an instant cool is Tempering which will make the brass harder/brittle

Originally Posted by Tahr

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i would say it got hot-cold too quick and went brittle, annealing normally shows of a blue-red rainbow (sorry you lgb a...z lot) than as a uniform colour of almost black.