I was looking for some brass and noticed that Magtech sells brass and was wondering if anyone here has experience with them, most notably 45 Colt and 454 Casull brass. Is the brass any good, does it stand up to reloading very well, how many reloadings and things like that.
Thanks for any info.

Steve E.........

I am experiencing backorders with Magtech 12 ga all brass right now.

I've posed this question on 2 forums and no one has answered but you, I would have thought there would have been more people that had used it unless it is a case of where it is in the catalogs but not in peoples hands yet. Thanks.

Steve E........

The only experience I have is with the 12 ga. I got from midway. It is well made as far as I've gone with it. I've loaded a few test shells, they require10 or 11 guage wads to work properly. Also the crimp is someting of a problem, water glass is reccomended, BUT I haven't been able to find any. I tried various glues, nothing will hold the over shot wad securely.

Thanks for the info. Does anyone have any experience with reloading the pistol caliber brass?

Steve E.........

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Originally posted by grizz:
The only experience I have is with the 12 ga. I got from midway. It is well made as far as I've gone with it. I've loaded a few test shells, they require10 or 11 guage wads to work properly. Also the crimp is someting of a problem, water glass is reccomended, BUT I haven't been able to find any. I tried various glues, nothing will hold the over shot wad securely.

For liquid water glass go to a drug store or pharmaceutical supply warehouse.

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For liquid water glass go to a drug store or pharmaceutical supply warehouse.

Yeah, BUT the problem is that anything is going to have to grip that shiny, slipery brass tube.

I work at an axle factory. We use a sealer that we use to coat the planetaries where a shaft enters the casting. I believe it is some sort of latex, that goes on white and drys clear. I have a small sample that I tried, it seems to do the trick.

My main concern is what happens to a 10 guage wad when it is forced into a 12 guage barrel, then a choke?

I didn't reply at first cause you're looking for users of high-powered revolver calibers.

I reload Magtech 32 S&W long brass. BTW, it is headstamped "CBC". Pretty wimpy, power-wise, compared to the Casull. But I have always loaded to the max according to the Speer manual using WW 296 powder and JHP bullets. Not a single problem, ever. They have been loaded 14 times so far. They were factory loads, originally. For what it's worth.

Steve E., I bought 100pc. of new Mag Tech .44mag. brass a few months ago, but have only loaded and fired 50 of them once (11.9gr. B. Dot with a 240gr. cast bullet). Thus far, all has been perfect (No surprise there!) By contrast, I purchased 100pc. of Starline brasss in the same cal., 96 of which lasted for 10 firings (7.5 - 8.0gr. Unique wi. 240gr. jacketed & cast bullets). One split at the [case] mouth on the first firing. After 10 reloads, neck splits became more common. I also have one pc. of Rem. 44mag. brass that's been fired at least 10x with the same loads. I'm hoping the Mag Tech stuff will be at least as hardy as the Starline even though it was a few $$ cheaper.