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I don't currently have any annealing equip. I shoot win brass in my 223 AI and also use a RCBS fl sizer with it with no problems. The only thing I did any differently this time was not trimming the factory new brass after fl sizing. Mayber I had a few too long This brass was new out of the bag..I fl...

These loads are once fired. I just fl sized the new Win brass, loaded and went to the range. I was inspecting the cases after I fired looking for headspace issues and noticed the split mouths. I threw away about 5 rounds out of 50. I did not trim the new brass as it was around .004 past the trim to ...

Any of you folks have any ideas on the cause of a few of my cases suffering split necks? I am shooting 26gr of Benchmark which is a relatively light load with a 32gr Hornady V-Max with new Winchester brass. I have noticed a few case mouths splitting after firing or they split while resizing with a f...

the 32 gr v-max measures 2.380 from base to tip on a fl sized case. Keep in mind that this is based on my original measurement of the bullet touching the lands in the barrel and backed off a few thou from there. The 2.380 is a finished round that I regularly shoot. Also, after my loads are once fire...

If you take a look at Hornady factory loads with a 32 gr Hornady V-Max, they are buried in the neck way up the ogive deep enough it looks like the bullet will fall in the case. I've shot several of these and get consistent groups of 1 inch at 150 yards. They measure 2.871 from the head to the ogive....