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11-20-2005, 04:18 PM
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Opion on Starline Brass
I bought 100 rounds of Starlite brass in 7.62 X25mm I loaded it with Accurate No. 7, 6.8 grains, a CCI 500 primer and a Hornady 86 grain round nose. All seemed to work fine shot well pristol functioned well no complaints. Then I went to reload it again. More than half of the primer pockets were so large that I could not get a primer to seat. So I called Starline and told them the story that I have just related. They told me that I must have done something wrong like too much powder or had a small rifle primer in place of the small pistol. I said that I do not think so but would check so I did and the load was as I stated. Made a second call to Starlite and explained the stituation again was again told it was loader error. I guess I'll be trying to reload Sellor Bellot or Fiocchi from now on it sure won't be that soft junk from Starlite.
 Kirkned Last edited by Kirkned; 11-22-2005 at 08:44 AM. 
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11-21-2005, 04:53 PM
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Kirk, I've had absolutely nothing but the best results with Starline brass. It's premium stuff in every batch that I've seen.
Before we condemn the brass, I think I'd suspect something else. Maybe that lot of powder is a bit fast (lot variation seems to be fairly common with Accurate powders), or perhaps the rear of that gun's chamber is a bit loose. I can think of a half-dozen things that may have peaked the pressure in some of your loads. Did you offer to send some of the cases back to Starline for testing?
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11-22-2005, 07:47 AM
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Sure did I shipped all the fired and 15 never loaded back to them. I thought the same thing so I took the gun down to a certian smith that we both know the old Belgium fellow and had him look it over he found nothing out of order. I next loaded some rounds in a 9mm with the same powder and shot them, no problem so I took the few SB cases in 7.62 x25, I had and loaded them with the same load. Shot them deprimed the case and reprimed the cases no problem. So next I took 10 never loaded Starline cases went to the books and found two powders that I have Unique and Bullseye. The unique load was 4.5 grains and the Bullseye was 3.5 grains this is a starting load for each. I also put a heavy crimp on each thinking that perhaps the bullet was being shoved back into the case. I measured each round after loading and got 1.375", next I chambered each round in the CZ-52 and ejected it then remeasured each round again got 1.375". So no movement of the bullet back into the case.
Again I had 3 out of five failers with the Unique load and 2 out of 5 with the Bullseye load. I supplied the load data to Starline. I asked Starline if maybe it was just a bad lot of brass I have not gotten an answer back yet, still early in the process. I'll keep you posed as to what they say, if they say if they say anything. I have also sent 5 cases of the Starline brass and 3 cases of the SB brass to Kevin Kennedy & Associates, Inc. where a friend of mine works. I have asked him to test and see how it compares in hardness and metallurgy (ie) what it is made of. Kirkned Last edited by Kirkned; 11-22-2005 at 09:05 AM.
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11-22-2005, 10:54 AM
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I knew you'd be thorough!
That should cover all the bases of troubleshooting. Let us know how it goes.
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