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stickmakerI'm about ready to give up reloading .45 ACP. This was the first cartridge I started reloading, almost thirty years ago, but A) I don't shoot it much any more and B) I'm having terrible trouble with the cases buckling when I seat the bullets. I didn't reload at all for several years, and now that I'm back into it I find it rewarding and economical. Except for .45 ACP.
Out of a batch of fifty this morning, I had two which were usable. The vast majority of the prepared cases buckled just below the bottom of the bullet. About ten had the rim crush, possibly from insufficient belling. The others, though, are almost certainly, due to the brass being too thin and/or soft.
I didn't used to have this problem. I don't have it with any other cartridge, except to a very small degree. Usually less than one percent.
Am I doing something wrong? Or has the brass just gotten that much weaker these past few years?
Out of a batch of fifty this morning, I had two which were usable. The vast majority of the prepared cases buckled just below the bottom of the bullet. About ten had the rim crush, possibly from insufficient belling. The others, though, are almost certainly, due to the brass being too thin and/or soft.
I didn't used to have this problem. I don't have it with any other cartridge, except to a very small degree. Usually less than one percent.
Am I doing something wrong? Or has the brass just gotten that much weaker these past few years?
