A bad idea, turned out better than expectedI

[Jayne]

I had a box of Tula 357 steel case, and the stuff sucked. It stuck in every revolver we tried it in, and I wasn't going to risk it in my dad's Henry, last thing I need is a stuck case in a borrowed gun.

Rather than just throw them out, I got the bright idea to just pull all the bullets and reuse them later. No sense wasting 158gr projectiles.



I put the bullets away, tossed all the powder in a safe way, and then was wondering what to do with the primed brass. So....



I reloaded it with my super light Trailboss load. Worked perfectly. Steel cases didn't stick in the gun, ignition was good, no crimp jump or anything. Ran though all I had today, so the load is gone and will never be again... unless I come across some primed steel 357 cases somewhere....

 

[Catfish]

Yep, im guilty of doing stuff like that too. Ill put in a dollars worth of effort to avoid throwing away a dime.

 

[Jayne]

Yep, im guilty of doing stuff like that too. Ill put in a dollars worth of effort to avoid throwing away a dime.

Someone pointed out that I did all that to save maybe $1 in primers, but sometimes you gotta try.

 

[BatteryOaksBilly]

Someone pointed out that I did all that to save maybe $1 in primers, but sometimes you gotta try.

This has no bearing on your experiment A Tall. Ya did good.

 

[Mike Overlay]

I would reload the spent cases. I have in the past reloaded steel 223 just becasue, with good results.
Straight walled pistol would be a breeze.

 

[Toprudder]

I would reload the spent cases. I have in the past reloaded steel 223 just becasue, with good results.
Straight walled pistol would be a breeze.

Depends on whether they are boxer or berdan primers.