Use of brass for light/squib loads

[Tubs]

Hey All,

Is it true that once a bullet is fired from bass that has been light/squib loaded you arent meant to fire a full power load from the same brass thereafter?

Cheers

[Oldbloke]

Its a first for me.
Reloaders often sort their brass into batches, perhaps that's what was meant.

[Tubs]

Its a first for me.
Reloaders often sort their brass into batches, perhaps that's what was meant.

Ye that is what was suggested in the article, to separate your squib brass from the rest. Sounds a bit over the top to me.....

[Oldbloke]

I do that. But certainly not what I would call required or mandatory.

I keep all mine in "batches/boxes" so it just happens if you get my meaning.

[bladeracer]

Hey All,

Is it true that once a bullet is fired from bass that has been light/squib loaded you arent meant to fire a full power load from the same brass thereafter?

Cheers

Not a requirement, but the brass from a reduced load is likely to be "expanded" differently from full-power brass. I prefer to keep them separated, particularly with high-intensity cartridges, like .204, .223 and .243, but I'm not religious about it. Pistol calibers and milsurp cartridges I'm not too concerned about separating them.

Precision depends on consistency, so it's best to keep the brass batched together, in my opinion. It's probably worth loading a test with five cases from full-power loads and five from reduced loads, and see if they perform the same with regard to velocity, group size, and point of impact.

[straightshooter]

Hey All,

Is it true that once a bullet is fired from bass that has been light/squib loaded you arent meant to fire a full power load from the same brass thereafter?

Cheers

The concept may have slight validity for brass with a very gentle tapered or a very slight shoulder both with softish brass and/or more modern brass with an excessively soft shoulder due to excessive annealing.
It can be readily circumvented with suitable loading techniques.
BUT to my way of thinking it's a bit fanciful with modern common brass.