Can anyone direct me to a scientific study on "once fired brass"? I ask as I've never seen one.
Even if you are opening what you believe to be a box of factory ammo that you bought at a gun show - are you prepared to guarantee that the brass you've just picked up after ending a target is once fired? Or was that box of Winchester just some very clean reloads that vendor just made a good margin on?
What I can't seem to figure out is what people imagine is so all-fired "magical" about the term once fired brass?
Sure - I'll give you that brass does have a limited lifespan and the more it's been shot the more metal fatigue and stress fractures are an issue.
With that said, however, there is some range brass I won't reload once - BLAZER - because of the poor quality of the brass they use and the number of supposed once fired blazer brass that's fractured. I say this having a good number of blazer range brass with some pretty profound cracks in my pile of teaching brass to show folks what to reject when you're reloading.
And then there's some FEDERAL and REMINGTON brass in my " collection " that I'm certain I've fired at least 4 or 5 times and will likely fire a few more times before it gets retired.
So I don't buy into this whole myth of " once fired brass " in pistol ammo.
Rifle's another story.
And I can't say that I put any faith in anyone else telling me a shell has been "once fired" than I trust anyone who says that "surgical stainless" is actually a thing - because it isn't - it's a marketing term.....
So anyone who sites " once fired brass " - I have to wonder what else they're going to try to sell me....
If you've got a bona fide link to a verified well supported scientific study - I'd like to see it.
Til then - the phrase " once fired brass " is a relatively unverifiable meaningless term to my ears.
I'm FAR more impressed my the headstamp on the shell and my personal experience having made and fired thousands of reloads in .40 S&W.
As always - I invite your opinions and experience on the matter as a topic of discussion.
Even if you are opening what you believe to be a box of factory ammo that you bought at a gun show - are you prepared to guarantee that the brass you've just picked up after ending a target is once fired? Or was that box of Winchester just some very clean reloads that vendor just made a good margin on?
What I can't seem to figure out is what people imagine is so all-fired "magical" about the term once fired brass?
Sure - I'll give you that brass does have a limited lifespan and the more it's been shot the more metal fatigue and stress fractures are an issue.
With that said, however, there is some range brass I won't reload once - BLAZER - because of the poor quality of the brass they use and the number of supposed once fired blazer brass that's fractured. I say this having a good number of blazer range brass with some pretty profound cracks in my pile of teaching brass to show folks what to reject when you're reloading.
And then there's some FEDERAL and REMINGTON brass in my " collection " that I'm certain I've fired at least 4 or 5 times and will likely fire a few more times before it gets retired.
So I don't buy into this whole myth of " once fired brass " in pistol ammo.
Rifle's another story.
And I can't say that I put any faith in anyone else telling me a shell has been "once fired" than I trust anyone who says that "surgical stainless" is actually a thing - because it isn't - it's a marketing term.....
So anyone who sites " once fired brass " - I have to wonder what else they're going to try to sell me....
If you've got a bona fide link to a verified well supported scientific study - I'd like to see it.
Til then - the phrase " once fired brass " is a relatively unverifiable meaningless term to my ears.
I'm FAR more impressed my the headstamp on the shell and my personal experience having made and fired thousands of reloads in .40 S&W.
As always - I invite your opinions and experience on the matter as a topic of discussion.