I think the brass may have gotten brittle.
by Hoot 
, Diversityville, Liberal-sota, Wednesday, February 18, 2015, 11:58 (3571 days ago)
I picked up some elder reloads for the 'quiz rifle' below, strictly for the components. Proceeded to disassemble with the impact puller and lost about 1/4 to cracked necks and these three a bit more spectacularly. I'll be annealing the remainder...
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- I think the brass may have gotten brittle. -
Hoot,
2015-02-18, 11:58
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- I think the brass may have gotten brittle. -
MR,
2015-02-18, 12:17
- I think the brass may have gotten brittle. - MS, 2015-02-18, 17:25
- I think the brass may have gotten brittle. - Cherokee, 2015-02-18, 17:28
- I think the brass may have gotten brittle. - Murphy, 2015-02-18, 21:04
- I think the brass may have gotten brittle. -
CJM,
2015-02-19, 00:43
- I think CJM has something here... -
Paul,
2015-02-19, 04:50
- I think CJM has something here... - Otony, 2015-02-19, 08:41
- As I do not know the entire history, it's certainly possible -
Hoot,
2015-02-19, 11:15
- Addendum re: Age hardening - Hoot, 2015-02-20, 06:07
- I think CJM has something here... -
Paul,
2015-02-19, 04:50
- Modern ' 06 brass is cheap and plentiful -
mcassill,
2015-02-19, 20:52
- Yep, I agree. - Hoot, 2015-02-20, 05:46
- I think the brass may have gotten brittle. -
MR,
2015-02-18, 12:17