I haven't started reloading yet but, I'm close enough to start collecting brass. I pick up my own and occasionally I see a tidy pile of .45 just lying there lonely and afraid, I can't help myself. I have heard that you shouldn't since you don't know how many times it may have been reloaded before but I am picky and what I get is nice and shinny and does not appear to be tumbled (if you can even tell something like that).
On a side note and possibly a more interesting question, why do manufactures stick with the same grain weights? for example, you typically see .45 in 185, 200, 230 and .357 in 158. Why not 160 or 155? Are their manufacturing process even that accurate?
On a side note and possibly a more interesting question, why do manufactures stick with the same grain weights? for example, you typically see .45 in 185, 200, 230 and .357 in 158. Why not 160 or 155? Are their manufacturing process even that accurate?