Starline Grendel brass

[603Country]

I might have mentioned this before, but when I got a Grendel I needed ammo. Paid way too much for Hornady 123 gr SST rounds, but figured I’d have the brass for at least 5 reloads, so the price was somewhat justified. When I had shot a bunch of it, I reloaded 50 rounds with the SSTs. Of the 50 reloads, which had been fired only once prior, 49 of the cases had severe neck cracks. Some were splits and some were at the base of the case neck, almost all the way around. Never seen anything like that before. I’ll save all the Hornady brass when the ammo is used up, and I’ll anneal it and see if it has any life left. I now have Lapua and Starline new brass and will mostly use that in the second Grendel. The Hornady brass was a big disappointment.