ORIGINAL: statjunk
Hey guys,
Two question for you:
1) I was cleaning the necks of the cases like the book says, by using the copper brush with small handle. I believe that the copper brush I used was the right one since it only game me three of them and this is the closest to 30cal and looks to be 30 cal. By the end of doing this to 80 cases the brush was folded on some sides and a lot of the bristles had fallen on my shirt and on the ground. Is this normal? Do I need a new one or just keep going till it is about bare?
2) One of the cases, 300WM, has a small tear near the neck where the crimp has essentially lifted off the shell. Am I able to put this shell in the press and resize it?
Thanks
Tom
jeez!! you must have been scrubbing the holy living heck out of those case necks to do that. I use the rcbs nylon brushes too like handloader1 put a little lube on the brush push it in and pull it out and yer done. no need to go to town scrubbin out the necks. and the torn case toss it, you can resize it and use it but it probably wont have consistant neck tension compared to your other cases and it will likely split on the next firing. IMO it would just be a waste of a bullet, powder and primer if you used it.