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Brass height ???
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does it make a difference?

I was looking at some Cheddite hulls at Grafs, and they list 8mm, 16mm, and 25mm brass heights.

Just curious if there is a strength difference, or if it's more for indentification.

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Posts: 711 | Location: Michigan , USA | Registered: 03 June 2000Reply With Quote
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Can't speak specifically to Cheddite hulls, but the brass height in other brands (Win/Rem/Fed) is irrelevant to hull strength and loads used.
"High brass", if ever necessary, is now nothing but marketing.
Activ totally eliminated the external brass; they incorporated a steel ring into the rim, just to give the extractor something to grab onto.
 
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does it make a difference?


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Originally posted by Mulerider:

"High brass", if ever necessary, is now nothing but marketing.


Agreed on the marketing part. High brass, I am told, started in the days of paper hulls. With heavy loads the powder would come up to the brass/paper junction, and burn through after a reload or two. Raising the brass above the powder level solved that problem.

Hardly relevant, these days. FWIW< Dutch.


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