How many reloads...

[Kola16]

10ish in my .30-06 Remington brass.

[JackOfAllTrades]

60,200 psi =30-06
 
65,000 psi =300wm
 
Not a huge difference, but there is a huge difference in the case design/thickness/taper of the brass wall and shoulder angle. And how a belted magnum head spaces different than other non-belted bottle neck cases.
 
-Steve

[Heredoggydoggy]

you can neck size with full length sizing dies, but no... It is not quite the same.)
 
 
 
-Steve

One caveat--Neck sizing dies that are made for a specific case will not full length resize the case, but it will "tweak" the body of the case if it is very much out of spec.

Reloading is a constant learning process.  Books and manuals will teach you to do it safely and properly, but even after reloading for 40+ years, I'm still learning things about it!

[JackOfAllTrades]

Reloading is a constant learning process.  Books and manuals will teach you to do it safely and properly, but even after reloading for 40+ years, I'm still learning things about it!

AIN'T THAT THE TRUTH! 
 
-Steve

[jaymark6655]

I think I am over 5 (6-7) on .308, but that doesn't help since each round is different.  I load as close to the max pressure as I can without getting any over pressure signs for one of my loads.

My tip:
I use tupperware containers and keep my rounds seperated into batches of 50.  Those in the batch are as close to identical as I can keep them.  Then in excel I track each reload (amount of powder, bullet used, which firing it is on, if I lost any cases and why---dropped and could find, split neck, ect.)

So far I have had one split neck, in one batch- not enough for me to discard the whole batch.

[wraithen]

I bought these chocolate covered almonds that came in decent sized plastic containers. After a few months I had like 10 of them. I use masking tape to write what caliber and number of times fired. I fire all the new stuff, then all the 2nd use stuff, the the third and so on. By now I have a few hundred in the higher numbers. When I don't feel like bothering with the older stuff I start buying new rounds. (I don't feel like paying 30 bucks for 50 brass when I can spend 25 and buy and then shoot 50 brass.)