Is it worth trying to prolong brass life by running moderate loads?

[Corey75]

My main question is: is running a moderate load, a couple grains less than the hottest charge you found before hitting pressure, really going to give you that many more firings before the primer pocket gets loose?

I bought a couple hundred pieces of Peterson brass for my 7 PRC and got about 4–5 firings before my primer pockets became loose, even though I annealed before fl sizing. I'm about to rebarrel, so I'm planning to order either Peterson again or ADG, in hopes that I will get some more firings out of the ADG brass.

 

[WeiserBucks]

As far as I'm concerned you should load it where it shoots the best at adequate velocity and the brass will die when it dies. Buy new and repeat.

 

[JFK]

I would never let brass life dictate where I end up with a given load. Maybe the only exception would be if I was losing primer pockets in 1-2 firings as that would tell me I’m running them too hot to begin with. Beyond that it’s brass and a consumable. Pretty cheap in the grand scheme of things.

 

[Corey75]

I would never let brass life dictate where I end up with a given load. Maybe the only exception would be if I was losing primer pockets in 1-2 firings as that would tell me I’m running them too hot to begin with. Beyond that it’s brass and a consumable. Pretty cheap in the grand scheme of things.

Absolutely. Mainly just jotting down my thoughts as a new reloaded to get my accounts post numbers up haha. Thanks for the response


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