.223 REM primer pockets oversized
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LMFAO!!
Alright then let's drag it out into a real thread....
Cheap/junk brass say like Federal brass from factory ammo that's been shot only the 1 time have lose pockets and not acceptable for reloading.
I've seen this with Federal a few times helping buddies, the latest was Hornady 6.5 prc brass i felt the pockets were kinda soft on the reload, also factory loaded ammo shot just the once.
Now without a lil more info from the OP as to what flavor of brass, hand loaded or factory ammo, how many firings including charge weight I'm gonna stick with over preasure. Lol
It could be. Been hand loading 20+ years and this is the first encounter with this. Ordered 1000 once-fired brass from Dillon. Decapped and swaged (Dillon swager), sized and began priming. About 20 of the cases had oversized pocket and had to be trashed. The had mixed head stamps. The rest were OK.
My set from RCBS came with an oversized small swagger. They sent me a new one that was correct, things do happen sometimes.
Well sir that answers a lot and raises a couple questions.
Basically once fired range pickup with mixed head stamp.
Without knowing condition of the multiple firearms that spent the brass or if it was over preasure when it was fired any conjecture would be speculation.
Questions....
Was brass prepped by you and trimmed to length before brass was swaged?
What was the actual brass head stamp ?? A large, at the edge of
tolerance, SAMMI chamber will do you no favors.
SilhouetteShooter
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Let me give you a clue about once fired range brass.
When I leave my brass on the floor at the range, it’s been fired many many times and the primer pockets are worn out. I am probably not the only one who does it.
Out of the many clubs and ranges I belonged to and would shoot at, the range brass was used as scrap brass (mostly because of people like me).
There were two exceptions, and those ranges would sort, clean, and bag the brass for re-sale.
Hopefully that helps
When I leave my brass on the floor at the range, it’s been fired many many times and the primer pockets are worn out. I am probably not the only one who does it.
Out of the many clubs and ranges I belonged to and would shoot at, the range brass was used as scrap brass (mostly because of people like me).
There were two exceptions, and those ranges would sort, clean, and bag the brass for re-sale.
Hopefully that helps
20 out of 1000?
Pic of head stamp of the 20?
Pic of head stamp of the 20?
I threw a couple hundred used up cases in the scrap bucket at the range. I saw a guy picking it out and told him it was junk. He said it would be fine for a p-dog hunt. A couple of months later he was bitching about the ring on the bolt face of his high dollar rifle.
joshb
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???? The Dillon swager I used had a rod that pressed against the inside base of the case. The mouth of the case never touched anything.
mmcu
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That's exactly how my Dillon swager works as well.
Your absolutely right my bad.
joshb
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Pappy Van Winkles?
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