Hi all,

when do most of you take a case out of active duty? If there is nothing obvious,can it be loaded until the neck splits or the primer pocket loosens up. I am loading for the Rem. 7mm-08 and rem. 6mm. some of the cases have been reloaded 5-8 times.whats the rule of thumb about saftey regarding this issue?

I use them until the necks split. Back in the days of hotter is better I would discard when primer pockets got loose. With the lighter (more accurate) loads I,m shooting now the cases split eventually.
HTH
Gene

Tne necks split eventually.
Gene

It depends on the cartridge. For mild-loaded rounds like my 357 Mag and 6.5x55, they are thrown out when the neck splits. I don't know how many loadings this is, but it is a lot. For my hotter rounds like 300 and 460 Wby, the first time that the shell does not eject smoothly. This happens around the 8-10th loading. My magnum rounds get weak not at the neck, but towards the base. Rather than push them until the shell splits or worse, the case separates, I throw them out at the very first sign of trouble.