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<blockquote data-quote="swampratt" data-source="post: 3336495" data-attributes="member: 15054"><p>Some of the aluminum cases need trashed they have no center primer hole.</p><p>The way I seen it was it lived for 1 firing..I did not see any case stress cracks.</p><p>My 45 Hi-Point has a very generous chamber and it will test a case to failure quicker than a tight chamber like a Kimber 1911 I know of.</p><p></p><p>It is not a frady cat thing or brave thing it is a metallurgy thing.</p><p>It takes quit a bit of back and forth bending to crack aluminum same deal with brass.</p><p></p><p>I do not want to buy ammo as I cast my own bullets and can make very inexpensive ammo.</p><p></p><p>I have only used 45acp in aluminum cases so far.</p><p>Like many of you guys I hate to lose cases and if i am out in tall grass area fun plinking the aluminum reloads will get lost and I really care less.</p><p></p><p>I have also used many steel cases and those can take a hammering.</p><p></p><p>DO NOT clean the aluminum in a pin tumbler with citric acid.. it will eat it away.</p><p>Dry media vibratory or just wipe down and reload.</p><p>Vibratory is what I use for steel cases also.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="swampratt, post: 3336495, member: 15054"] Some of the aluminum cases need trashed they have no center primer hole. The way I seen it was it lived for 1 firing..I did not see any case stress cracks. My 45 Hi-Point has a very generous chamber and it will test a case to failure quicker than a tight chamber like a Kimber 1911 I know of. It is not a frady cat thing or brave thing it is a metallurgy thing. It takes quit a bit of back and forth bending to crack aluminum same deal with brass. I do not want to buy ammo as I cast my own bullets and can make very inexpensive ammo. I have only used 45acp in aluminum cases so far. Like many of you guys I hate to lose cases and if i am out in tall grass area fun plinking the aluminum reloads will get lost and I really care less. I have also used many steel cases and those can take a hammering. DO NOT clean the aluminum in a pin tumbler with citric acid.. it will eat it away. Dry media vibratory or just wipe down and reload. Vibratory is what I use for steel cases also. [/QUOTE]
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