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Hey folks. My last trip to the LGS I purchased a rubbermaid tub of 250 'used' .308 WIN brass for $24.
About 30% of the used brass looks like those shown below. I have already culled them aside. I tried the paper clip trick on them and could not feel a ridge or anything inside at that depth that 'caught' the paperclip - but like I said I've already culled the brass that looks like this - as my face and my high-dollar Armalite are too valuable to me to risk on a $0.10 piece of brass.
All the rifle brass I've ever loaded has been from new ammo that I fired, or factory bagged new rifle brass. None of my brass has had more than about 4 loadings on it, and I'm loading fairly light (70-80% of book max) so I have never seen anything like this in person.
Am I seeing what I think I am seeing? Impending case head seperation? Should I crush the shoulder and neck closed and put them in my recycle bucket? Did someone sell me 50% wore out used brass and 50% probably almost wore out brass... : (
About 30% of the used brass looks like those shown below. I have already culled them aside. I tried the paper clip trick on them and could not feel a ridge or anything inside at that depth that 'caught' the paperclip - but like I said I've already culled the brass that looks like this - as my face and my high-dollar Armalite are too valuable to me to risk on a $0.10 piece of brass.
All the rifle brass I've ever loaded has been from new ammo that I fired, or factory bagged new rifle brass. None of my brass has had more than about 4 loadings on it, and I'm loading fairly light (70-80% of book max) so I have never seen anything like this in person.
Am I seeing what I think I am seeing? Impending case head seperation? Should I crush the shoulder and neck closed and put them in my recycle bucket? Did someone sell me 50% wore out used brass and 50% probably almost wore out brass... : (