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klw · July 20, 2005, 11:55 PM

I reloaded some 45-90 brass 34 times. Didn't show any real indication of being worn out. Someone I know reloaded his 60+ times before experiencing significant numbers of case failures. Both of us used smokeless powder, cast bullet non-firebreathing loads.

On bottleneck cases, however, about half the cases seem to split around the 15th reload.

July 20, 2005, 11:55 PM	#5
klw Senior Member Join Date: February 27, 2005 Posts: 118	45-90's I reloaded some 45-90 brass 34 times. Didn't show any real indication of being worn out. Someone I know reloaded his 60+ times before experiencing significant numbers of case failures. Both of us used smokeless powder, cast bullet non-firebreathing loads. On bottleneck cases, however, about half the cases seem to split around the 15th reload.