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Originally Posted by herr_oberst
That's a lot! Do you put a mark on the brass or do something else to keep a record of reloads?
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I keep all of my brass, for everything I reload, in 50 round MTM plastic boxes. Every time I reload a batch of 50, I tape a label o the inside of the lid with load information. Bullet used, alloy, lube, powder type and quantity, primer, OAL, brass manufacturer, how many times it has been trimmed, and how many times I have loaded it. Rule of thumb for bottle necked rifle cases is no more than three trimmings, when they grow enough to require a fourth, I discard that batch. Handgun brass gets discarded when mouths start to split from too many crimp/fire cycles.
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Originally Posted by afterburn 549
Jeff,
A long time ago, I bought a box of 45-70 Mabe made by Hornady.
So, over-the-counter stuff is no good?
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Oh no, over the counter ammo is fantastic. We enjoy the highest quality ammo ever made. In this caliber, however, it all has to be safe in very weak old action designs, like the Trapdoor Springfield. That limits its performance which, for most hunting and just plinking, doesn't matter. It works great. In modern rifles we can up the performance significantly by hand loading. Some specialty manufacturers supply off the shelf ammo loaded to these higher performance levels, with disclaimers all over it regarding its use in Trapdoors and the like.