suspecting brass right now...

by rob , Friday, July 03, 2015, 23:02 (3370 days ago) @ Miles

Never had a problem with factory ammo, never had a problem with my original handload. All my original loads are loaded in Federal brass and they have done great. However, the ones that gave me trouble today were my original load loaded in once fired Barnes Vortex brass. I figured it would be higher quality brass than the Federal bulk stuff I have the majority of my original load loaded in. I've never fired this brass reloaded before until today. The second handload I've been working on with CFE223 and Barnes 55TSX I originally loaded in some once fired Winchester nickel cases-no problem. Second time through I used Remington once fired brass and it double feeds. So maybe there is something going on with Remington and Barnes cases that upon reloading is giving me trouble. Every handload I've fired has been in once fired brass, fired out of this rifle and full length resized. No problem with first handload in Fed brass but in Barnes-double feeds. No problem with second handload in Win nickel cases but switching to Rem cases and double feeds. It'll probably be next week before I can see if this proves out.