Recovering from knee surgery so loaded 1000+ 9mm, deprimed and primed 1300 cases. Sorted 2000 more cases to remove the .380s from the 9s and looked for cases with that ridge. Everyone stay safe.
Got all of them sized, and about 750 of them trimmed, chamfered, and wet-tumbled.Started on my bucket of range-pickup 223, probably around 2500 pieces. Got them all decapped, quick wet-tumble without pins, and primer pockets swaged. Tomorrow I will start sizing. Then trim and chamfer. Prepping rifle brass is my least favorite reloading activity, but still more fun than being at work.
Then I set up the 550 for 40S&W and made 19 test rounds to Chrono tomorrow.Started updating my inventory sheet of reloading components, store bought ammo & reloads.
Re-packed, consolidated & relocated my primer stash.
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I just got the latest Blue Press, I see they have an 1100 model now. I just can's see spending over $2k for processing brass, especially for no more than I shoot.Over the past 3 days ran off 600 rnds of 223/556 with 55 gr pills purchased from fellow CFF'ers. Crimped primers makes me really want a 1050.
To annoy reloadersDoes anyone know the purpose of the stepped brass?
I've read that it is just another way of manufacturing brass cases. I've read that it is to prevent bullet setback, but that is not the case for some headstamps, , such as Ammoload, as the step is too deep. The Maxtech cases have the step high enough to actually prevent setback, though. But I agree with @Wolffy , they do it just to piss us off, right along with Berdan primed cases and brass plated steel cases.Does anyone know the purpose of the stepped brass?