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Hot Shot brass

nemesisenforcernemesisenforcer Member Posts: 10,513 ✭✭✭
edited April 2010 in Perry Shooter Competition Shooting and Reloading Forum
Just tried to decap and resize some Hot Shot brass. Got the decapping pin stuck in the flash hole and broke it off when I pulled the case out. Flash hole is WAAAAAAAAAAY too small for standard decapping pins. be warned: although the brass is boxer primed it is not reloadable for this reason.
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  • wpagewpage Member Posts: 10,201 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thanks for the heads up...
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  • jonkjonk Member Posts: 10,121
    edited November -1
    I never had trouble. Bad lot? What brand of dies?
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  • MobuckMobuck Member Posts: 14,088 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I've also broken decap pins on european brass. My concern with the Hot Shot brass came when I loaded starting loads in 8mm HS brass and found them way too hot for the Mauser I tried them in.
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  • nemesisenforcernemesisenforcer Member Posts: 10,513 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by jonk
    I never had trouble. Bad lot? What brand of dies?


    Lee Collet Neck Sizer die.

    I've used Euro brass before (not Hot Shot specifically) and never had a prob until now. It was only 20 pieces, so I'm not out any huge investment. If I'd had more, I would have just got a flash hole reamer and started decapping with a small pistol decapping pin or something to make it worth my while, but if it's only 1 box, I'm not going to sweat it.
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  • nemesisenforcernemesisenforcer Member Posts: 10,513 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Mobuck
    I've also broken decap pins on european brass. My concern with the Hot Shot brass came when I loaded starting loads in 8mm HS brass and found them way too hot for the Mauser I tried them in.


    How were they too hot if they were just starting loads?
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  • MobuckMobuck Member Posts: 14,088 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    It seems that the brass is quite a bit thicker than domestic brass and/or softer. The loads were fairly mild in Win. brass.
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