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Pistol cases

toad67toad67 Member Posts: 13,009 ✭✭✭✭
edited August 2009 in Perry Shooter Competition Shooting and Reloading Forum
When reloading 38/357 and 44 mag is it as important to load the same brand of cases as it is with rifle or is it okay to mix them up?? Thanks

Todd
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  • bpostbpost Member Posts: 32,669 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I never sort pistol brass UNLESS;
    (1) I am shooting MAX loads
    (2) I am shooting NRA Bullseye
    (3) I am seeking to eliminate as many variables as possible.

    If they are for plinking or for informal target shooting it may not be worth the bother.
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  • armilitearmilite Member Posts: 35,490 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I just do it out of habit, but I can't argue with bpost1958 reasons for not doing it. I had some mixed brass loadings for my Dan Wesson once and they had about 4 or 5 loadings on them. These were not max loads by any means but out of a box of 50 I had 5 cases that had failed and all 5 were of the same manufacturer. Don't exactly know what happened maybe they were older or more brittle than the others or what. Now I just keep them all seperated by brand so I can maintain better control over them.
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  • Rocky RaabRocky Raab Member Posts: 14,438 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I can't improve on bpost's comments at all. That's perdamnzackly what I do.
    I may be a bit crazy - but I didn't drive myself.
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  • partisanpartisan Member Posts: 6,414
    edited November -1
    Another supporter of bpost1958 on this question.
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