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Note the Lapua material spec. on the case drawing.
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SR4759
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Just for future reference.
Usually cartridge brass is Cu70Zn30.
This is brass with 2% more copper.

 
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This is brass with 2% more copper.

I ain't no metallurgist, but is the 2% increase in copper to make the cases more conducive to multiple resizings?
 
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This is brass with 2% more copper.

If one does the math he finds it is actually 7% less zinc and this can help to make the brass less brittle but also less hard.

I'm not sure it's a better brass for the difference in alloy composition.
 
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This is brass with 2% more copper.

If one does the math he finds it is actually 7% less zinc and this can help to make the brass less brittle but also less hard.

I'm not sure it's a better brass for the difference in alloy composition.


Then what is your point?
 
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Then what is your point?

just correcting your math Smiler
 
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It's simply more malleable than usual brass ( Softer ). archer

I would be most interested if anyone can conjure up specs on Laupa annealing process !.

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This is reason 436 why I love Lapua brass.


 
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