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Message: <blockquote data-quote="cdschoonie" data-source="post: 3599143" data-attributes="member: 43126">Heck no I sure have never heard it. I’m newer to reloading than most, but have been plinking and hunting for 40+ years. I would think to further help this procedure, you could shoot a couple jackets every 15-20 shots. Optimally would be for me to just stay clear of leads, but economically I wouldn’t be shooting as much. It would also be easier to find safe (beginner) level loads if I stuck factory jackets. Some of the lead I’ve bought, was done when I first started to get into reloading as a total rookie, where I just saw the bullets, with good prices, then jumped and bought them. They were far from having me research them first, availability of powders, safe loads, etc.. So now I am having to find what few loads I can, then guess (find a middle ground of a bullet lighter and the next size up) on the starting and max load points. You’d think these cast lead bullet companies, would make bullets more universally sized. At a minimum they should have load data for the bullets they sell. Oh well if nothing else, I’m learning a ton about the different bullet types, powder burn rates, etc..Anyway I’m definitely going to be sure that mine are well lubed before loading, as well as closely monitoring any evidence of leading.Thank you very much for posting, I’m gonna keep that filed away.</blockquote>