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Old 01-06-2011, 12:19 PM
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Does anyone know who manufactures this brass? I've heard Magtech. This brass appears to be much more thickly walled than any other I've loaded in 38 Special. You can really feel the extra effort when seating and crimping bullets. Anyone else have similar experience with this brass case!
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Old 01-06-2011, 12:52 PM
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Old 01-06-2011, 01:21 PM
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Not in .38, but I collect range brass in all makes and calibers. I recently had a rash of split .45 ACP case mouths, so I examined each one with a magnifying glass. Lo and behold, every case found with a split was CBC, each picked up over several trips to the range (not from one box someone left). Trashed the whole lot of them, have tossed everyone I've picked up since.

I've yet to have any other brand case split on me with my mid-range loads, even after multiple reloadings. Won't use CBC again or buy it. I now use a magnifying glass to inspect every newly acquired case before my initial reloading. I've tossed one WW case because someone had stepped on it and made a tiny cut in the mouth edge. The rest all good to go.

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Old 01-06-2011, 02:10 PM
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I have now and have used thousands of CBC .38's in all types of loadings and had zero problems. If anything, I would have to rate these among the more durable and long lasting .38 special cases.
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Old 01-06-2011, 02:23 PM
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I have used these in 38 and 45 in small #s, (range pick up) and have not had any problems
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Old 01-06-2011, 03:34 PM
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I have several hundred Magtech CBC cases in .45, .357 and .38. Many have been reloaded multiple times. I've not experienced a single problem with Magtech brass and I've used some hot loads in those .357's.
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Old 01-06-2011, 04:51 PM
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I actually prefer Magtech/CBC brass as it has some seriously nice primer pockets. That said, I've had a piece of .38 Special brass split on me on about its fifth reloading: the stuff appears to be more brittle than average.
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Old 01-06-2011, 06:39 PM
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Good brass in my experience.
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Old 01-06-2011, 07:00 PM
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It's MagTech brass and IMHO it is as good or better than anyone else's. I have lots. and lots of it in every caliber.

Back when I could buy ammo (especially .380 auto) I bought a lot of Mag Tech.

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Old 01-06-2011, 10:57 PM
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I've used it in .38Spec. and find it to be as good as anything else.
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Old 01-06-2011, 11:03 PM
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CBC is excellent brass.
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Old 01-08-2011, 08:37 AM
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CBC loosely translated means Brazilian Cartridge Company. It is excellent brass in any caliber. The ammo is good stuff too. I have a 500 round lot of CBC brass dedicated to firing .45ACP out of my S&W 625. In over 15 years of reloading these, many times with very heavy loads, I've yet to experience a split or case failure. No problems with any of the range brass either. Keep in mind that case neck splitting is often the result of heavy crimping which is not desirable or necessary in the .45ACP or the .38 Spl. Heavy crimping is only needed when the bullet itself has a "crimping groove" and the loads in question are stout enough to generate bullet movement (setback or jump). A light taper crimp is usually best and won't lead to split cases. This is a rule of thumb and can get complicated when dealing with very light guns.
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Old 01-09-2011, 10:19 AM
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It is decent stuff. I use it myself from range pickups. I do note that it appears a bit shorter then my Starline stuff. Watch the brass length.
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Companhia Brasileira de Cartuchos, or Brazilian Cartridge Company makes these. Magtech uses them for their loads.

The 38 special cartridges from CBC work fine in my Ruger, Model 19 and Dan Wesson Revolvers. However, in my 627 performance center about 10% of them will fail to fire on the first hammer strike. That is based on the last 600 rounds fired. I am pretty close to eliminating them from rotation in the 627 as a result.
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I have some .357 brass, I have had no issues with it.
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must be me! Had too many split cases on second reload. Trashed what few I had picked up as range brass and now leave it with any PPU-on the ground.
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I'm fairly sure the OP got the answer 5.5 years ago when this thread went dead last lol.
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Magtech brass. I don't experience the problem when I just use my CBC brass and set my seating/crimp dies for them.
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I have used a lot of CBC brass. I never have had any issues. It is good brass.
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