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Please provide details...........Only in 10mm when I overcharged the case by 50% of the load data. Would not recommend.
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Please provide details...........Only in 10mm when I overcharged the case by 50% of the load data. Would not recommend.
Please provide details...........
Thank You! As a re-loader myself, I have always feared the KB!I've done it in another thread. Basically, as a novice reloader and teaching myself about 10 years ago, I read the beam scale wrong and instead of 10.5 grains of powder, put 15 grains in.
In the glock 29. The round fired, it kicked more than any handgun I've ever fired. Split the case in half in the chamber, magazine came out of the gun and my hand was sore. I used a leatherman to pull the other half of the case out of the chamber. Otherwise things were alright.
Having the proper amount of powder is important.
P.S. In a G29? OUCH! That's a beating with mild loads!I've done it in another thread. Basically, as a novice reloader and teaching myself about 10 years ago, I read the beam scale wrong and instead of 10.5 grains of powder, put 15 grains in.
In the glock 29. The round fired, it kicked more than any handgun I've ever fired. Split the case in half in the chamber, magazine came out of the gun and my hand was sore. I used a leatherman to pull the other half of the case out of the chamber. Otherwise things were alright.
Having the proper amount of powder is important.
Thank You! As a re-loader myself, I have always feared the KB!
I have built into my reloading routine many redundant checks to avoid such a thing.
One of my most useful tools is using powders like blue dot, that make it virtually impossible to over charge because 10.5 grains almost fills up the case. Powders like titegroup are just the opposite - a double plus charge waiting to happen. KA-BOOM!
I've always liked using a powder that uses most of the capacity of a case and this ^^^ is just one of the good reasons.One of my most useful tools is using powders like blue dot, that make it virtually impossible to over charge because 10.5 grains almost fills up the case. Powders like titegroup are just the opposite - a double plus charge waiting to happen. KA-BOOM!
Damn.Well, I pulled about a 100 S & B cases, sized them and found three to have very pronounced grooves on the inside at about the height of my split case and a fine line on the outside of the case at the same location.
Hoping this was just a fluke given the few I found with the grooves.
Yea, I am looking at the brass now and seeing several pieces with a faint line in the same area as well so out they will go. A couple of them with the line may already be starting to crack as I can feel it with a dental pick on the inside of them. I'll load the last few I have and let them fly and leave them for the brass scroungers !After the second time I checked each piece of brass even more carefully (magnifier) and tossed a handful of pieces based upon what looked like a line (very, very faint) developing in that area.
Yea, I am looking at the brass now and seeing several pieces with a faint line in the same area as well so out they will go. A couple of them with the line may already be starting to crack as I can feel it with a dental pick on the inside of them. I'll load the last few I have and let them fly and leave them for the brass scroungers !
Odd thing is in my many years of shooting .357 levers this is the first I have ever experienced splits like this and then only on S & B brass.
Presume these are your reloads? Fired in the same gun? How many loads? Did you buy the S&B .357 round new? Probably been asked already but, could their be something in your chamber doing this?
- Yes my reloads, and low end as well
- Yes - same gun. Henry BBB.
- Don't know on number of loads as these were range pickup but I suspect they - were one time new since they WERE left and they had a very 'new appearance' - virtually no nicks or dents in the rims from multiple loads and firings which brass will get from multiple loadings and shooting.
I'm not going to concern myself with it too much given the 1000s of rounds I have shot out of this rifle this happened suddenly and with the
same brand of brass and from the same 'lot' I found.
This is why whatever caliber I am reloading I use a flashlight to check power level in each case while in the reloading block before capping with a bullet.I've done it in another thread. Basically, as a novice reloader and teaching myself about 10 years ago, I read the beam scale wrong and instead of 10.5 grains of powder, put 15 grains in.
In the glock 29. The round fired, it kicked more than any handgun I've ever fired. Split the case in half in the chamber, magazine came out of the gun and my hand was sore. I used a leatherman to pull the other half of the case out of the chamber. Otherwise things were alright.
Having the proper amount of powder is important.
Never in my many .357 revolvers, but in my .351 which uses reformed .357 brass I get a nasty split once in awhile that goes darn near base to mouth. I assume the chamber is a bit loose. No particular brass though it's very random and rare. I don't get escaping gas but it sounds different upon report. If you aren't getting blow by into your face I wouldn't be too concerned. Maybe that brand doesn't like your chamber dimensions.