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August 19, 2013, 12:49 AM | #1 |
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Question of Aquila Brass
edit: It's 9mm brass.
Friend of mine brought over some brass he swept up at a range. Noticed some Aquila brass in there and it has like a dotted line around the case about 1/4" below case mouth. Is this like a case crimp for their bullet? I felt around with a paper clip, can't feel anything on the inside. Except for exterior appearance, can it be reloaded like normal brass? |
August 19, 2013, 07:11 AM | #2 |
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It is called a cannelure, and is imprinted at that location, right below the seated bullet's base, to assist in reducing bullet setback.
Load those cases without concern for the case cannelure.
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August 19, 2013, 10:08 AM | #3 |
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Yeah, pay no attention to the cannelure. The Aguila brass I've tried it 357 and 45 auto has been great.
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August 19, 2013, 10:48 AM | #4 |
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Thx for the info.
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August 19, 2013, 03:46 PM | #5 |
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My 147 gr 9mm bullets are long enough to put a bulge in Aguila cases with my Hornady LnL AP press. I don't know why. 115 gr bullets in a friend's Dillon doesn't bulge them. It's enough of a bulge that 95% of them won't fit a headspace gauge.
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August 20, 2013, 10:52 PM | #6 |
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WESHOOT2 has it right.
I have some of this Aquila brass - quite a bit, actually. I load it per normal.
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August 20, 2013, 11:30 PM | #7 | |
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I originally didn't intend to keep on sorting, I just did it because I was new to reloading and wanted to reduce the number of variables. Now that my brass is sorted, I keep to one HS and shoot that until it's done and then I move on to the next. That way when I shoot with other people, I can quickly look through my recovered brass and weed out the HS's I wasn't shooting for later sorting. This is all easier than the first time I sorted a few thousand. |
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August 21, 2013, 08:18 PM | #8 |
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9mm is worth sorting. I'm relatively new to loading 9's, so I'm still in denial about it. (Meaning, I DON'T sort by headstamp - yet.)
Most experienced loaders already know this, but for the rookies: It's good to sort by headstamp because of the differences in cartridge internal volume. Now (I believe) it's not that critical for most calibers; but in the case of 9mm, it probably is. The cartridge is so small, that minor differences in volume and mean big differences in pressure - with the same load recipe. My hottest 9mm load is 6.1g AA5 w/ 124gJHP; and the headstamp doesn't seem to matter. And the chronograph doesn't show any unusual velocity fluctuations. Of course, I didn't check the headstamps - they could have all been the same At any rate, I don't sort. And my two 9mm guns gobble up and spit out everything I feed them without any problems. So I have found no need to dig into that logistical nightmare of sorting.
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My two Springfields (XD and XDm) eat anything I feed them, but my press seems to chew more on some than others. I can either power through a bunch of Speer cases or keep bending over to pick up bullets that fall off of other cases or stuck primers or rounds that are just a hair fat. |
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