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Cracked Masburn Bee shoulders.
Not too long ago I acquired a P.O. Ackley built 310 Cadet rebarreled in 218 Masburn Bee. Finding regular Bee brass was tough. Some of the brass is very old, some reformed from 25-20. As I fire form this brass with a not quite full (very accurate) load, I get about 40% split shoulders. I have not annealed any of the cases. Any advice from you old sages?
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anneal !! anneal !!
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You are lucky it's only 40% if you don't anneal the case neck and shoulders on that one
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Got it. Thanks.
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Be careful to not compromise the case head on the Bee cases. There is a lot of information about annealing hornet cases. Most of it probably applies to Bee cases as well.
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After you anneal, use a stiff load to fire form the cartridge shoulder completely with one shot. An accurate load can come later.
Having to do it twice with a lighter load only takes you back to the possibility of having to anneal again to keep the partially formed brass from splitting the second time around. -BCB
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