30BR: Mixed my mixed fired brass

[Kevin1990]

So I have a 30BR and I 3 lots with 9,10, and 11 firings on them. I came home from the range and my wife went into labor like an hour later.

Fast forward to a month later and I went in my reloading room to just relax and tinker, and for the life of me I can't remember which firings are which, and I believe I mixed lots that had 9 and 10 firings on them. My brain was fried and sleep deprived.

What would you do here? Will this have any effect on anything? Would annealing/stress relieving them all, and put them all in the same batch again fix it?

Thanks fellas

 

[Jon Leary]

Anneal all of them all and start over.

 

[M-61]

On my two 30BR's it doesn't seem to really matter what I do. Same powder same bullet, same primers....all shoot really small groups all the time.

 

[Bill Norris]

The 30BR is not fussy at all and easy to work with. I have fired brass along side each other with differing numbers of firing and saw no difference at all.

 

[jelenko]

If you can't anneal, just mix them all together and assume they are all 11 times fired.

 

[ELR LVR]

why do you count how many times they are fired?
are you trying to see how long they can go or?
Is there a specific number of times you reload them before you say
OK THAT is enough, out to pasture with ya? even though they still have life left in them?
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I use a special tool I make to gauge the .200" line to ensure the cases haven't stretched
if I feel nothing I keep loading the case
I have Lapua Brass from the year 1999 thats gone through 3 barrels
and still feels fine and smooth inside the case
I have no idea how many reloadings they have been through
I am only worried about preventing a case head seperation

 

[Kevin1990]

why do you count how many times they are fired?
are you trying to see how long they can go or?
Is there a specific number of times you reload them before you say
OK THAT is enough, out to pasture with ya? even though they still have life left in them?
---
I use a special tool I make to gauge the .200" line to ensure the cases haven't stretched
if I feel nothing I keep loading the case
I have Lapua Brass from the year 1999 thats gone through 3 barrels
and still feels fine and smooth inside the case
I have no idea how mahy reloadings they have been through
I am only worried about preventing a case head seperation

Cool idea! I sort by firing because that's what I've read to do, no other reason really, other than I want everything as consistent as possible. I was more curious if it would have an adverse effect on groups or any other issues.

 

[D-4297]

Kevin ; I have Lapua .308 SRP Brass that has over forty firing on it . I do shoot a solid "Comp" load for practice , same as my regular Comp load , and usually 185 Bergers or 200 Hybrids for Comp . I do anneal after every firing , and when I go to a New Barrel , I have a resizing Die for the 200 line .

 

[DShortt]

I'd not fret over 1 or 2 firings. It's not like the entire batch 'goes to pot' simultaneously, anyway.

Now, if you had new brass mixed with brass with 9 or 10 firings.....

That would bother me.

 

[searcher]

why do you count how many times they are fired?
are you trying to see how long they can go or?
Is there a specific number of times you reload them before you say
OK THAT is enough, out to pasture with ya? even though they still have life left in them?
---
I use a special tool I make to gauge the .200" line to ensure the cases haven't stretched
if I feel nothing I keep loading the case
I have Lapua Brass from the year 1999 thats gone through 3 barrels
and still feels fine and smooth inside the case
I have no idea how many reloadings they have been through
I am only worried about preventing a case head seperation

I agree with you, though I like knowing how many firings I have on my cases in particular rifles, as it is somewhat predictable with some of my loads as to when I can expect to start having problems such as loose primer pockets, etc... Like in some of my A/R loads, I do just dump the brass after 7 or 8 firings - regardless. I'm pretty rough on it and I've fired enough of particular loads to know I'm entering problem territory. But on the bolt guns, you are right - brass can go on for many firings. I do tend to run the same loads in my rifles a lot and patterns do develop where brass problem predictions can be helpful. If I were shooting a match, I'd never take brass that was at a stage where I'd had problems with it before at that stage. like trying to quit using brass (or fixing a problem which would not manifest until one more firing) just before having the problem that blew your score. A bit of voodoo prevention.