Title says it all. I have 40 pieces of 460wby brass that I have already reloaded and shot several times (6 to 8) times. How long before I need to toss it and get new brass???

Until the primers are too loose or the necks begin to split. You can forestall the later with annealing and for cases that expensive, it might worth the time and effort.

I don't live over the edge but from my 300 Weatherby I expect Weatherby perfomance; so I'm loading right up there with maximum suggested loads for this cartridge.

Currently I've got R-P (both nickeled & brass) Hornady & Weatherby (Norma) 300 Weatherby stamped brass.

All of the different brands usually start giving up the ghost at @ 5-6 loadings and all have been caused by over enlarged (loose) primer pockets.

Now the 460 Weatherby Magnum; being the Absolute Thumper it is - of course, depends on how many cans or cans & portions of powder you fill them with.



If you've still got your retina's intact and no serious muscle or bone trauma to your upper body then you'll probably get a few extra loadings out of the brass.

Seriously; as long as you're feeling some resistance when seating primers & there's no other irregularities with the brass and you're trimming - IMO keep on trucking.

I had one batch (100 pcs) of Norma (who supposedly manufacture WEATHERBY stamped brass) in .30/06 Sprg. that I loaded 14 times and they showed absolutely no signs of quitting. I dumped them because I just couldn't believe that they were still reliable.

all i ever got was one - that's about all i wanted to shoot it

I have no personal experience in loading a 460 Weatherby, but I'll also be checking for incipient head separation.

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Originally posted by Chefrific:
Title says it all. I have 40 pieces of 460wby brass that I have already reloaded and shot several times (6 to 8) times. How long before I need to toss it and get new brass???

Do you neck re size or FL Re size ?

If neck only, you should be able to get a few more.

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I have no personal experience in loading a 460 Weatherby, but I'll also be checking for incipient head separation

You know brass is a funny animal it can last an last or pop apart , follow the above advice and keep it within specs.Personally I'd anneal the neck an shoulder area after Max 6 reloads if you're rowing full bore !.

I full length resize all my cases (.375 H&H, .458 WM, .458 Lott, and .500 NE) and reload my cases only four (4) times and then they go in the trash. As brass is shot, it enlongates in the chamber and must be trimmed to proper length with each reload. Thus, the side walls of the brass thins with each firing. Case head separation or case splitting can casue nasty results during firinig. My guns are expensive (so are doctor bills) and brass is cheap (comparatively). I would discard your brass and buy new.

Seeing how you are one of the very few people in the world who own one, why don't you keep shooting and let the rest of them know. Someone has to do it. Good luck.

Kidd

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How may times- Reload 460 weatherby brass?

Twice. ?

I have some dies and brass for sale in the classifieds for the 460. some new and some once fired---that was enough for me and the gun was sold.

According to my reloading manuals, they say toss the brass after the fifth trimming.
If you were trimming off .005" plus on each trimming that brass has to come from somewhere.
Do you see the bright ring above the belt which shows where the brass has stretched thinner.
Cut one case down the middle length wise and look inside at the web to see how much its thinned out.

I've been neck sizing my 460 Weatherby brass. I've found that at the fourth reloading, chambering a round starts to get a little bit tight.

My loads push a 500 grainer out at 2410 fps when a factory load goes out at about 2550 (24" barrel) so my loads are a bit under max, I think.

I keep my brass separated/sorted by firings and have a decent supply of once and twice fired stuff but I'll be looking for some full length dies soon. Good comment on the neck annealing. I may try it.