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Old 05-16-2017, 03:45 PM
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reddog81 wrote:
Using mixed headstmap brass or even brass all from the same manufacturer but from different periods will make the weight variations be to large...
I do sort my brass by manufacturer and year (where year is stamped), but even if I didn't I would still weigh each completed round. This would not to be to establish whether the powder charges were consistent (for single stage guys like me, the time for determining that is when the powder is being thrown and trickled up to weight), but to verify that I don't have a double charge of powder.

All of the pistol cartridges I load (9mm, 38Spl, 45ACP) are susceptible to being double-charged. The 38Special could even be triple=charged. Even brass that varies by a grain or two from manufacturer to manufacturer will not disguise a double charge of nearly 5 grains of powder.
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