Federal New Cartridge

[HandgunHTR]

Those who said it wasn't reloadable were wrong of course. I thought the experts on here said it would take 12 passes? Looks exactly what we are used to but with one extra step where you need to bell the case mouth before seating the bullet.

Just watched the video. Flaring the case is similar to what you have to do with a straight-walled case. The other "step" that they neglected to mention was that you are going to have to crimp that flare back out, either while seating or with some sort of "factory crimp die".

That being said, this step makes it even more apparent that while it may be reloadable, I am betting people will only get 2-4 reloads out of it before necks start to split. Steel, in any alloy, is much more brittle than brass and is subject to the same work-hardening that brass is. So, you have a case that is already more brittle, you have to work it even more in order to reload it properly, and you cannot anneal it.

I guess time will tell.

 

[wind gypsy]

It is better than 280ai.... provided you need that extra distance. I'm just looking at what a 280ai will do and then this and I'm like, we'll both shoot well past my minimum expansion velocity at hunting distances i should be shooting at... so why would I want the extra recoil of the 7BC?

If a guy is going to handload and is willing to deal with the headaches of steel cases, a 6.8 Fury hybrid case formed to 7/08 AI sounds like a better mousetrap. Less recoil yet, easier to deal with brass, and plenty of performance. I'd think a guy could get 280AI'ish performance with less recoil.