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I finally decided to get rid of the Herter's brass I have accumulated. The .357 Magnum Herter's brass actually isn't too bad, but the .44 magnum primer pockets are hopeless. I spent forever and a day trying to ream and uniform them, but the real problem isn't, I think, that they are too tight. They are tight, but the real problem is that the primer pockets aren't very well centered. Get a centered one, and the primer goes in with a little effort. Get one of the others, and it's not good, sometimes, as Jordan Peterson would say, it's seriously not good. Still, I thought I might be able to prime them with the Frankford Arsenal hand primer and then shoot them once and leave them at the range. I managed to prime 144 of them, less than half, before I gave up. Buggered up 6 primers in hopeless cases and decided not to abuse any more primers. Anyway, loaded the 144 up with a starting load of Titegroup. Not my first choice of powder, but the canister has been open for awhile, and I'm not really using Titegroup anymore, so I'm trying to use it up. Not my finest work, but I expect they'll be fun to plink with in the Henry.

<blockquote data-quote="meh" data-source="post: 6012055" data-attributes="member: 57020"><p>I finally decided to get rid of the Herter&#039;s brass I have accumulated.&nbsp; The .357 Magnum Herter&#039;s brass actually isn&#039;t too bad, but the .44 magnum primer pockets are hopeless.&nbsp; I spent forever and a day trying to ream and uniform them, but the real problem isn&#039;t, I think, that they are too tight.&nbsp; They are tight, but the real problem is that the primer pockets aren&#039;t very well centered.&nbsp; Get a centered one, and the primer goes in with a little effort.&nbsp; Get one of the others, and it&#039;s not good, sometimes, as Jordan Peterson would say, it&#039;s seriously not good.&nbsp; Still, I thought I might be able to prime them with the Frankford Arsenal hand primer and then shoot them once and leave them at the range.&nbsp; I managed to prime 144 of them, less than half, before I gave up.&nbsp; Buggered up 6 primers in hopeless cases and decided not to abuse any more primers.&nbsp; Anyway, loaded the 144 up with a starting load of Titegroup.&nbsp; Not my first choice of powder, but the canister has been open for awhile, and I&#039;m not really using Titegroup anymore, so I&#039;m trying to use it up.&nbsp; Not my finest work, but I expect they&#039;ll be fun to plink with in the Henry.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="meh, post: 6012055, member: 57020"] I finally decided to get rid of the Herter's brass I have accumulated. The .357 Magnum Herter's brass actually isn't too bad, but the .44 magnum primer pockets are hopeless. I spent forever and a day trying to ream and uniform them, but the real problem isn't, I think, that they are too tight. They are tight, but the real problem is that the primer pockets aren't very well centered. Get a centered one, and the primer goes in with a little effort. Get one of the others, and it's not good, sometimes, as Jordan Peterson would say, it's seriously not good. Still, I thought I might be able to prime them with the Frankford Arsenal hand primer and then shoot them once and leave them at the range. I managed to prime 144 of them, less than half, before I gave up. Buggered up 6 primers in hopeless cases and decided not to abuse any more primers. Anyway, loaded the 144 up with a starting load of Titegroup. Not my first choice of powder, but the canister has been open for awhile, and I'm not really using Titegroup anymore, so I'm trying to use it up. Not my finest work, but I expect they'll be fun to plink with in the Henry. [/QUOTE]

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