I’m in the process of going through what was a couple hundred pieces of 6mm Remington/244 Remington. This stuff is OLD! I remember my Dad loading some of it as a kid in the 80s. What began as a salvage mission pulling bullets because some of this stuff was loaded hot in and has gained velocity, smoke trails on the way to the target, blown cases being common. I’ve got 19 pieces remaining to be sized after sticking the mandrel in a case last night. Needless to say, as I was pulling bullets from a box labeled 100 gr Hornady SP I was pulling 100, 87 and 70 gr bullets and both ball and extruded powders. Not sure how everything got mixed up, but glad I decided to break everything down. I’m also finding many necks that will absolutely give up if loaded again. Kinda hurts to be culling part of my childhood, but it’s just brass, vs a blown up rifle and trip to the ER so it’s insurance for sure. Come next spring I’ll likely toss every bit of what I have left and order new brass to start from scratch. The 700 ADL I’m loading for is an absolute scalpel, not sure how many critters it’s taken but I do know it’s taken 2 bucks at over 200 yards off hand between the eyes. Years playing with archery equipment and never being content, I’ve forgotten how much I enjoy reloading and tinkering to see what small changes in an already proven combo will improve or degrade.
Memories are very precious. I love my 6mm Remington, just fun and a pleasure to shoot.