Cool brass after the shot?

[CaliWoodsman]

Did some shooting yesterday evening with my .280 Rem in preparation for a couple of mule deer hunts this year. I shot well, but what was weird to me was that when I removed the spent cartridge immediately after the shot, it was not at all hot or even warm. Just room temperature. Am I losing my mind? Granted, I haven't shot my rifle since last August, but 20+ years of shooting experience is telling me the brass should have been almost too hot to handle immediately after the shot.

Side note: Rokslide is now a verb. I was telling my wife about this issue and she said, "So are you going to Google it, or Rokslide it?"

 

[RifleDisciple]

Bolt actions allow for much longer contact with the chamber wall than semi-auto. So the mass of the chamber steel is transferring most of the heat away from the brass before you get a chance to eject the case. A semi-auto only contacts the chamber wall for fractions of a second, while a bolt action is many times longer cycle time even when running the bolt fast. Over long strings of fire I would expect the brass to hold more heat as the chamber heats up as well.