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klw · June 22, 2007, 08:01 PM

Straight walled cases last a lot longer than bottlenecked ones. My 8mm Mauser cases were half gone, splits in the neck mostly, by the 10th reloading. That is a short case life. My 43 Beaumont cases, a bottlenecked case, were half gone by the 15th reloading. That's about average.

My straighwalled 45-90 cases lasted to 35 reloading without any appreciable losses. Sold the gun. A friend, however, said that he was up to 65 reloads on his 45-70's.

June 22, 2007, 08:01 PM	#7
klw Senior Member Join Date: February 27, 2005 Posts: 118	Case Life Straight walled cases last a lot longer than bottlenecked ones. My 8mm Mauser cases were half gone, splits in the neck mostly, by the 10th reloading. That is a short case life. My 43 Beaumont cases, a bottlenecked case, were half gone by the 15th reloading. That's about average. My straighwalled 45-90 cases lasted to 35 reloading without any appreciable losses. Sold the gun. A friend, however, said that he was up to 65 reloads on his 45-70's.