I am seeing some case problems that I think are defects but want to get your opinions. I am only seeing this on about 5% of the brass.
This is .257 Weatherby brass was obtained by purchasing Weatherby factory loaded ammunition. This brass has been shot 3 times (1st being factory) and is about to hand-loaded for the 4th firing. I did have 3 cases in this batch with a very small crack in the neck after the first firing and discarded them. I now have a BenchSource annealing machine and will be annealing this brass after each firing but they have not been annealed before now.
I enhanced this picture so you could see it better and the enhancement makes it look worse in the photo than it really is. I would best describe this as the brass looking rippled or flaky in this small area. Kind of like a hammered Damascus knife blade. This picture is the worst of the few.
Questions:
Any idea what causes this or do I just chalk it up to bad brass?
Should I anneal these few cases and load them up for another round or toss them out?
Thanks.
This is .257 Weatherby brass was obtained by purchasing Weatherby factory loaded ammunition. This brass has been shot 3 times (1st being factory) and is about to hand-loaded for the 4th firing. I did have 3 cases in this batch with a very small crack in the neck after the first firing and discarded them. I now have a BenchSource annealing machine and will be annealing this brass after each firing but they have not been annealed before now.
I enhanced this picture so you could see it better and the enhancement makes it look worse in the photo than it really is. I would best describe this as the brass looking rippled or flaky in this small area. Kind of like a hammered Damascus knife blade. This picture is the worst of the few.
Questions:
Any idea what causes this or do I just chalk it up to bad brass?
Should I anneal these few cases and load them up for another round or toss them out?
Thanks.