Anyone have a source for brass?   

Thanks

if you can find them it is a little easier to use the .32 Win. special cases.  They don't need to be necked up, simply run into a 8.15 die and then trimmed back.

When shooting a vintage euro-rifle in 8.15x46r I'd really recommend a chamber throat cast and careful measurement.  Some of the original shooting and "stalking" rifles were made before the cartridge was completely standardized and some rifles show minor variations in shoulder/throat dimensions and even overall case length.  It will also be invaluable in selecting and ordering a bullet mold to maximize the accuracy potential of your rifle

Factory 8.15x46r Ammo and Brass is also imported

annealing ---
   I would NOT anneal the brass, especially for such a minimal re-forming.  1st place, it is hard to do uniformly, 2nd place, most people over-do it.   Third place, if loading by the German method or by breech seating, no further working of the neck is done, so annealing is not needed to prolong brass life.

CHRIS
RGChristensen

Here is what I do:

1. I use a 30/30 case with a 32/40 FL die and size all the way to the shell holder.

2. If you are going to use a stop ring bullet, use a expander button .001 over the size of your bullet base (the brass will spring back about .001). 

3. Drop the case into the chamber, measure from the rim, to the barrel. Then shorten the case that much. If you measure accurately, the case will then chamber (shorten more if needed).

At that point, you will have the maximum length for your chamber and bullet size. Load with 9.0 gr (approx. load, you can go a little more or less) and fill the case with CofW or corn meal and fire form. The case will shorten just a little, the amount is dependant on your chamber configuration. Depending on the size and length of the SR, you may have to shorten slightly more.

If the case neck thickness varies, turn the necks before sizing in the 32/40 die. The reason to use the 32/40 die, is because it eleminates any shoulder and body difference between your 8.15x46R die and the actual chamber dimensions.

The reason that this works so well, is that there is no step (in all that I've seen) at the in of the chamber for the case, just a long taper that makes up the throat and that will vary with actual barrel bore size and most likely, the gunsmiths idea of SR size and length.

I don't shoot SR but, delevoped this method to size the brass to the groove diameter of my barrel. Done that way to protect the unused area of the chamber, when BSing. Done this way, my cases come out 1.94 lg when sized for my .316 groove diameter.

Frank