Can I shoot brass that dented in a reload
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Given the crease I see, I personally would pull the bullet, powder and primer and toss the brass in the trash.
98% chance its fine, and would fire-form back into shape, but wouldn't chance it for 15 cents worth of brass.
That being said, I'm not a super experienced reloading. A lot more folks with decades more experience than me, so will definitely appeal to our veteran reloaders who respond.
98% chance its fine, and would fire-form back into shape, but wouldn't chance it for 15 cents worth of brass.
That being said, I'm not a super experienced reloading. A lot more folks with decades more experience than me, so will definitely appeal to our veteran reloaders who respond.
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A rounded dent.....no biggie. It can be a result of using too much lube when.resizing and will usually be in the shoulder area.
A dent with a crease can be different. I might.........would try it with a bolt rifle....but leery about trying in a semi auto. Be 100 percent sure to wear safety glasses.
A dent with a crease can be different. I might.........would try it with a bolt rifle....but leery about trying in a semi auto. Be 100 percent sure to wear safety glasses.
I've shot plenty of dented rounds as the people in our family had gun cabinets with drawers of loose rounds and there where plenty of dented cases for everyone.
Why would you shoot it? Just the pain of pulling the bullet, saving the power- and losing a $0.03 primer? I'm trying for consistency (and safety) in my loads, and this would violate both of those. I'm to the point that any odd round goes into the 'pull' bucket.
Shoot it but I would not reload it. As the brass gets worked it gets harder and can have a separation. I have only had 2 in 55 yrs of reloading. One was many times loaded 270 win. and the other was a factory 375H&H. Shallow dents have never been a problem. You make bigger changes in the case when fire forming brass and that is a common practice.
If it looked like it might fail I wouldn't shoot it. If it was a round I loaded worried about utmost consistency it wouldn't look like that.
I have had bulk loaded ammo that had dents that didn't iron all the way out on the press. Have had some of those type rounds loose packed get damaged somewhere down the line, by rough handling or whatever, functions fine, why not shoot it.
Lets see some more of those reloads. Im more concerned about the seating depth than the dent. Has that round been iin a gun once before? Was it that short beforehand?
