And send me some of that brass or another somebody on THR.
I double check my powder thrower that way. Weigh the primed case, push tare, charge the case, re-weigh the case. I use what I consider a medium range electronic scale and calibrate it before use with a 2, 10 and 50 gram check weight suppled with the scale. I've checked those weights against a very high dollar scientific scale in a lab where I worked.
Sounds like were cut from the same cloth. 1/10th off and i wanna pull my hair out haha
That's good, but have you been able to check the scale yet?
Good idea.
Sure, depending on how the gun feeds the round into the barrel, you might learn a lot or a little. I wouldn't let them hit a concrete floor though.
Man that is showing some serious "Glock bulge" for sure. That's not the problem but it sure does not help. That definitely looks hotter than factory Win NATO rounds which are pretty hot. Your load should not be that hot though, did you run them over a chronograph? OAL could be wrong causing pressure spikes, doubt its the brass, but hard to tell anything without a velocity rating.
Your weighing method is perfectly fine. Since your failure rate was 1 in 60, I would try to disassemble at least 75 rounds just to rule out any over charges.
When I started reloading decades ago no two reloading manuals agreed on the same thing. This was the early days of reloading when things were relatively new. I told myself back then that the reloading manual folks would work things out later so all their data matched. Wrongo. Decades later their data still doesn't match. For something as precise as reloading I consider this odd.
Not yet, i have a fairly expensive triple beam Ohaus scale coming next week.
That's basically what you do with a weighing pan. Subtracting the weight of the pan or, in this case, a case, pun intended, is more or less a tare weight.
Since you're finding brittle brass, that settles it in my thinking.
So exactly what makes this method “highly suspect” in your opinion?
Well if that’s your opinion you should probably read the entire thread. I have went through and checked alot of them, i have pulled some, i have weighed them, petted them, polished them, changed their bedding, and even asked them nicely. Still cant find one where i did something wrong NOR are the loaded to max charge. In fact, they are ALL minimum charge target load.
Now c’mon 9mm, you can’t walk into a gym and complain about the exercise nor a bar and the boozers. This forum is like the Inquisition and nobody expects the Inquisition but they should’ve
All forums are like that!Now c’mon 9mm, you can’t walk into a gym and complain about the exercise nor a bar and the boozers. This forum is like the Inquisition and nobody expects the Inquisition but they should’ve
I agree—read em all. Don’t just fly by and comment.
In ‘85 the USAF rejected a batch of brass wiring harness supports from Central Machining (Grumman subcontractor) because they failed strength tests. Central polished the parts in a wet tumbler with rocks that contained lye. Normally lye doesn’t do much to brass besides give it a dull patina - which is how the specification read - but neutralizing the base lye with a weak acid, like acetic acid - will eat the material.
It seems like it would be slower for me, but I don't see why it wouldn't be every bit as accurate. So if it works for you, and you're happy with that method, stick with it. More than one way to skin a cat, or in this case, reload.
