Case reload count

[revo1911]

Is it crucial to keep track on how many times a case has been reloaded,or a simple visual inspection to toss out those that don't live up to your individual standards.Any thoughts.

[Clownpuncher]

I just visually inspect my pistol cases and after cleaning and resizing I set my calipers to max trim length and run 15 or 20 through. If I find more than 1 or 2 exceed that length then I'll check them all. I have never had to check them all.

Rifle I check and trim all of em, but I do far fewer rifle and I am going for consistency and accuracy on my rifle.

[damndave]

I try and keep track for my match rifle rounds. Pistol brass all gets thrown into the same bucket.

[russt]

I don't keep track either. Just inspect them you'll know when there done.

[Bill Steele]

I keep cycle counts on my rifle brass as it gives me a heads up for when I might start seeing problems.

[OldShooter32]

It will tell you when it is tired...cracks in the neck or head will be obvious.

[chim-chim7]

Rifle brass I keep track of. Pistol brass gets used until it splits or is about to. Then I leave it for the range to recycle. I usually get 20+ loadings on low pressure cases. I do very little belling and no crimping on non magnum loads.

[deadhawg]

I try and keep track for my match rifle rounds. Pistol brass all gets thrown into the same bucket.

Same here. I always toss my 7.62 X 51 after 3 firings, 5.56 might go 5 loadings if they look good. .45, 9mm, .357 and .38 get reused until I see signs of failure, which means some of my .45 acp cases may have been reloaded 10-15 times.

[johnny1290]

9mm gets re-used until I lose it, which is one or two visits to a range.

[Munk]

On my rifles, i'm keeping track out of curiosity. I'm only up to 3 loadings on a few, with no signs of cracking or stress, I'll let you know in another 10 loadings.

On .40 brass i'm losing that stuff to a 9/10 recovery rate, and that's because I usually have time to kill during and after cleanup of targets in the desert.

On my .460...My plan is to track how many times each case has been fired religiously. this should be easy since it's a single-shot, and brass loss is unlikely.

[ireload]

With pistol brass I reload and shoot them till I see cracks or splits then it gets tossed in the scrap bucket.

With rifle brass I use a color coding system so I'll know how many times the brass has been fired.

[Noonanda]

if you are not loading max loads for rifle or loading Match ammo, and headspace is good, you "should" get at least(conservatively) 6-8 loadings out of them if not more. Some people chuck em after a certain amount of trimming. I just keep monitoring them, first slight crack in the neck and I chuck em

[r3dn3ck]

if you are not loading max loads for rifle or loading Match ammo, and headspace is good, you "should" get at least(conservatively) 6-8 loadings out of them if not more. Some people chuck em after a certain amount of trimming. I just keep monitoring them, first slight crack in the neck and I chuck em

^^^ that. and I look for the bright ring of incipient case head separation on rifle rounds. Anything that takes a primer too easily is chucked too. Basically, anything that says the case is getting old is cause for me to toss it out. Never had any problems with that strategy.