Would you or wouldn't you? - The Firearms Forum

Alpo · 05-04-2009, 09:31 AM

This was a bag of military brass. Unfired. They pulled the bullet, dumped the powder, deprimed (but not decrimped) and sold the brass.

Would you attempt to load this one?

Best I can figger, whatever they were holding it with, when they pulled the bullet, was cranked down a little too much.

I'm probably gonna toss it in the scrap bucket. I've got lots of brass. Hasn't been too many years ago, thought, that I'd have loaded it. "Ah, that'll shoot out."

army mp · 05-04-2009, 10:05 AM

I have loaded brass with a small dent with no problems, but that is way past anything I would load. Looks like scrap to me.

gdmoody · 05-04-2009, 12:47 PM

I believe that if you ran this through your full length resizer, the crease would get worse. I think I would chunk that one in the trash.

JLA · 05-04-2009, 01:23 PM

scrap it. I dont think it would hold up to the resizing process.

cycloneman · 05-04-2009, 02:43 PM

That looks like what happens when the bolt misses the round in a ar type rifle. This is why the various manufacturers are now making the green type followers. I have had this happen to me once in a 30 rnd mag. Even to this day with the new followers I still perfer the 20 rnd packs.

No don't attempt. Trash

Dirtypacman · 05-05-2009, 08:32 AM

Agree its trash - not worth it.

howlnmad · 05-05-2009, 01:18 PM

That is without a doubt... SCRAP BUCKET FODDER

. I hate to see precious casings end up like that

islenos · 05-05-2009, 01:38 PM

Keep it around, you may find yourself in need of a toe popper.

TranterUK · 05-05-2009, 01:48 PM

If you reload one of those, expect one of these...

islenos · 05-05-2009, 02:05 PM

you mean their Not suppose to look like that

TranterUK · 05-05-2009, 02:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by islenos

you mean their Not suppose to look like that

Only on very special guns islenos, very special guns

Alpo · 05-05-2009, 10:25 PM

Tranter, that one looks like it's been laying in the clay for a while. There is, apparently, something in clay (leastways, in the red clay around here) that leeches some mineral out of the brass. Back when I was young and dumb, I would reload any case I found (if I found one, that was one less I needed to buy) and I had a couple do that "jagged tear" thing. And it was always one that I had dug up out of the clay.

05-04-2009, 09:31 AM	#1
Alpo Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: NW Florida Posts: 8,662	Would you or wouldn't you? This was a bag of military brass. Unfired. They pulled the bullet, dumped the powder, deprimed (but not decrimped) and sold the brass. Would you attempt to load this one? Best I can figger, whatever they were holding it with, when they pulled the bullet, was cranked down a little too much. I'm probably gonna toss it in the scrap bucket. I've got lots of brass. Hasn't been too many years ago, thought, that I'd have loaded it. "Ah, that'll shoot out." -->

05-04-2009, 10:05 AM	#2
army mp V.I.P. Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: western Pa, Posts: 479	Re: Would you or wouldn't you? I have loaded brass with a small dent with no problems, but that is way past anything I would load. Looks like scrap to me.

05-04-2009, 12:47 PM	#3
gdmoody Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northeast Georgia Contributor Posts: 6,354	Re: Would you or wouldn't you? I believe that if you ran this through your full length resizer, the crease would get worse. I think I would chunk that one in the trash. __________________ NRA Endowment Member GeorgiaCarry.Org Member Retired US Army Postal Worker Personally, I carry a gun because I'm too young to die and too old to take an ass whoopin'.....author unknown (but obviously brilliant)

05-04-2009, 01:23 PM	#4
JLA TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Heart Of Texas Contributor Posts: 17,319	Re: Would you or wouldn't you? scrap it. I dont think it would hold up to the resizing process. __________________ It takes 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 3 for proper trigger squeeze. The latest caliber or gear is no substitute for experience and skill. Rifles and cartridges don't make hits -- shooters do. Fact of life: After Monday and Tuesday, even the calendar says WTF!

05-04-2009, 02:43 PM	#5
cycloneman Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Louisiana Posts: 7,406	Re: Would you or wouldn't you? That looks like what happens when the bolt misses the round in a ar type rifle. This is why the various manufacturers are now making the green type followers. I have had this happen to me once in a 30 rnd mag. Even to this day with the new followers I still perfer the 20 rnd packs. No don't attempt. Trash __________________ Who are you going to serve today?

05-05-2009, 08:32 AM	#6
Dirtypacman Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Merrimac Valley, MA Posts: 908	Re: Would you or wouldn't you? Agree its trash - not worth it. __________________ Member HHRG and HSC, NRA Life Member, GOAL Member LTC-A

05-05-2009, 01:18 PM	#7
howlnmad Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Harriman, Tn Contributor Posts: 2,571	Re: Would you or wouldn't you? That is without a doubt... SCRAP BUCKET FODDER . I hate to see precious casings end up like that

05-05-2009, 01:38 PM	#8
islenos Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: West Texas Posts: 1,244	Re: Would you or wouldn't you? Keep it around, you may find yourself in need of a toe popper. __________________

05-05-2009, 01:48 PM	#9
TranterUK Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Cambridge UK Posts: 5,103	Re: Would you or wouldn't you? If you reload one of those, expect one of these... Attached Images __________________ DVC - Diligentia, Vis, Celeritas - Accuracy, Power, Speed. The light at the end of the recession tunnel IS a train coming the other way!

05-05-2009, 02:05 PM	#10
islenos Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: West Texas Posts: 1,244	Re: Would you or wouldn't you? you mean their Not suppose to look like that __________________

05-05-2009, 10:25 PM	#12
Alpo Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: NW Florida Posts: 8,662	Re: Would you or wouldn't you? Tranter, that one looks like it's been laying in the clay for a while. There is, apparently, something in clay (leastways, in the red clay around here) that leeches some mineral out of the brass. Back when I was young and dumb, I would reload any case I found (if I found one, that was one less I needed to buy) and I had a couple do that "jagged tear" thing. And it was always one that I had dug up out of the clay.