My once fired 45-70 brass has expanded out of "factory Spec" After full length resizing they are all about .010 or less too long.
My question is the resized brass chambers fine and being an Rimmed cartridge doesn't the chamber head space off of the rim? So wouldn't it be safe to get 1 more firing out of them before I have to break out the case trimmer?
Also what is average case life for 45-70 hotter hunting rounds?
Using 40gr IMR 4227 pushing a 300 gr Barnes X bullet out of a new production Marlin SBL.
My question is the resized brass chambers fine and being an Rimmed cartridge doesn't the chamber head space off of the rim? So wouldn't it be safe to get 1 more firing out of them before I have to break out the case trimmer?
Also what is average case life for 45-70 hotter hunting rounds?
Using 40gr IMR 4227 pushing a 300 gr Barnes X bullet out of a new production Marlin SBL.