Streching brass?

[Eric Johanen]

LG, I use a similar load for a BACO 540 grain Creedmoor (first 2 bands reduced) Starline brass, CCI BR2 primer, 85 grains of Swiss 1.5 fg, .060 vegi or poly wad and the bullet seated so the first 2 bands are exposed. Shoots very good in my rifle. I do like longer brass and have my trimmer set for 2.400. Most brass does not need trimming and just squares up the mouth, longer is set aside for paper patch. 2.400 to 2.403. Under 2.400 is used for grease grooved bullets. These run 2.398 down to 2.394 and I try to seat the bullets with a lube groove at the mouth to have grease rather than lead taking up the extra space. I get no leading doing this and they still shoot very good. Those cases that stretched from a damp chamber at the Lodi match I'll trim to 2.403 and use them for paper patch and keep an eye on then looking for any hint of separation. Oh, and 1.5 OE shoots just about as well!