Why are some people claiming that S&B casings are PITA to reload?

I have never reloaded their casings that i know of.

 

ronhonda may have. could have given them a big thank you in another thread..

I reload them and never encountered a problem. I'm interested to hear what others have to say.

I probably have reloaded them as I reload mixed brass. Only problem I have had so far is something Ronhonda was cursing about in another thread.

ronhonda was complaining about the NT brass put out by federal and such. People say S&B isnt smooth through their press. With my turret, I cant tell the difference (for .45) and it loads just fine.

I reload them all the time, no issues.

I've also reloaded a few 100 S&B 9's.. no issues at all, you can tell if you have them by the red sealant around the primer/pocket..

I have heard that S&B drills the primer pockets while most are swaged. The result is the S&B primer pockets are tight. It takes a little more effort to seat the primers and sometimes I stop to check the primer to be sure it is in all the way. Some people get a little bent out of shape when their reloading rhythm is broken. However, I reload them all the time and they go bang real good.

I reload them and like the colonel says, primer pockets are kinda tight which requires a little extra effort on the handle. Otherwise Its good brass and works fine.

I've seated a few primers sideways and crushed a few loading S&B in a Lee Pro 1000. Primer pocket is very tight. I just toss them aside and hand prime them later.

As others have said... primer pockets. I just toss them out if I can.

 

The old S&B cases were all berdan primed, so you really had to watch it, some military s&b was crimped. Now the cases are just weird for some reason.

 

Heard of a few folks on enos forums complaining of s&b brass seizing in their guns, ie, would not extract. A few s&b brass I encountered recently was a tad shorter than any other 9mm brass, and it was clearly marked 9mm luger, not 9mm kurz, 9mm makarov or anything else.

 

I just avoid it when I can, much like remington 223 brass because it is sooo thin and gets stuck in my dies.

As others have said... primer pockets. I just toss them out if I can.

 

Throw out brass? (hands raised skyward) Noooooooo! Save it and I'll take it off your hands.

TOSSING BRASS!??!?!? I keep a scrap bucket in case I have to *gasp* discard precious brass!

You guys having problems with S&B brass... Ever think about your dies? Are they carbides? Do ya lube?(I know that's personal) And Dillon machines never flip primers up side down. Never crush primers either.

 

Just sayin' folks

I just set up my Lee turret and deprimed/sized a bunch of cases. These were all once fired winchester white box cases that I kept after Saturday shoot. I also shot S&B and collected some accidentally. As I was depriming I immediatelly noticed a diference when I had a S&B case in the die; it went in with considerably more force an was sticking more on the exit from the sizing die. Win casings were smooth and effortless.

You guys having problems with S&B brass... Ever think about your dies? Are they carbides? Do ya lube?(I know that's personal) And Dillon machines never flip primers up side down. Never crush primers either.

 

Just sayin' folks

 

Frank, S&B issues have nothing to do with dies alot of the time. using carbide dies. The primer pockets are one issue, case quality is another.

Frank, S&B issues have nothing to do with dies alot of the time. using carbide dies. The primer pockets are one issue, case quality is another.

 

I just don't see it Maks. I do use Dillon carbides, which I found better than RCBS carbides, and One Shot lube. I do use a chamber block to check reloads. So the brass resizes to the right size, I check it. And they seem to prime OK.

 

Let's hear about the issues specific to press type and die type. That being the variable and the S&B cases being the constant. They have to work for me because I refuse to cull them out of my range brass.

I have loaded 9mm, 40s&w, and 45acp SB's with no problems.

Also for the record I have had no issues loading NT brass in 40s&w, but 45acp and 9mm are a ****.

I am finding more and more S&B 9MM, while it looks like brass, is actually a steel case with brass or copper wash.

 

You may want to check your 'brass' with a magnet and find out if the cases you are trying to load are the older brass cases or the newer steel case with the wash on it. They are both boxer primed.

i reload s&b brass love it! primer pockets are tight and i load on a dillon xl 650 you can feel the seating its tight and at least i can feel if something is going wrong like crushed or sideways primers on my press

i reload them without a problem using a Hornady EZ load progressive reloader with Hornady carbide dies