How to Fire Form Brass - 300 PRC Part 1

[@timothybarry508]

Love your videos ... well done, informative ... kudos, keep 'em coming

[@bartoszwilk1382]

Great video! Keep going 👍🏻👍🏻

[@wilhelmvanzyl6101]

Hi there. Thanks for the video. Just a question: a quick calc on the bolt face area on the casehead says the 8x68s should have around 93% of the real 300 prc case's area - would this not cause any bolt thrust / excessive force problems? Have you perhaps seen any early pressure signs because of this? Thanks!

[@TwoMinutesToTarget]

I did not see any issues, but since Lapua came out with 300 PRC brass, it's kind of moot. I use exclusively Lapua now.

[@patrickc1508]

You just jumped on the bandwagon too soon. ADG makes brass for it now. Hopefully Lapua does soon. 🤞

[@Sharberboy]

How many loads you getting from Hornady 300 prc brass

[@TwoMinutesToTarget]

When I got cases to ~5-6 loads, I started getting this weird form of anxiety. Every time I'd go to prime one, I'd get all tense wondering if it was going to stick. I'd start having primer pockets going in that 5-6 firings range - probably 5-10% of them. Obviously, as I moved along, more would fall out. It was kind of a pain because I'd prep 50 cases for a shooting trip, and only go out with 40 something. Now that ADG makes brass (and Lapua is shipping), I've stopped fire forming with this method - HOWEVER - in the panic buying world we live in, you can't find any, so all the 8x68S brass I've got is on standby. As a comparison, I'm at 6 firings on my first 100 ADG cases, and every single primer pocket is still 100%.

[@Sharberboy]

@@TwoMinutesToTarget that's awesome, on my Hornady brass I'm on my 4th firing. I anneal after every shot and I try not to overwork the brass. I've been waiting on Lapua brass to ship since I back ordered it in January I'm hoping that it comes within the next month cause I'm getting kind of upset

[@Bushmasterpilot]

I bought Lapua brass, i would NEVER use a case head different than what it was designed for or at least be the proper size for the caliber/chamber bolt combo. Hornady cases are not so bad either, I just load a reduced load when I fire form that batch to my chamber to season/harden the primer pocket up, then I have got as many as 8+ firings on those cases so far. To many guys get new brass and load them right up to max on first firing, and this allows the primer pocket and case head to expand more than if fired with a reduced load and allowing the lower part of the case to work harden some till loading the case to full potential.