I may have ruined a large amount of Military .223 while removing the crimps. I set up the Dillon 600 Super Swager for removing crimps on WCC .223 brass several years ago and it worked great with no problems. Recently I've been going through several cans of military .223 brass and removing the crimps. I never bothered to readjust the rod that holds the brass in place while being crimped. After running several hundred pieces of brass through the swager I noticed there was an indent made in the web of some of the brass (I'll try to get a photo tomorrow if possible). One half of the bottom of the primer pocket has an indentation that is shaped like a 3/4 moon. I have not tried to fire any of this brass yet, but I did resize and prime about 30 of these cases. The primers went in snug but I've read on some other web sites that the web may be damaged and the brass is ruined if over swaged. Would this "bump" on one side of the bottom of the primer pocket cause the primers to fail? Not sure why the indent was only on one side and not in the center of the pocket. I didn't think I was applying too much force but apparently I did or something isn't adjusted properly. Anyone ever have this happen? If yes, was the brass destroyed? Hate to scrap several hundred cases but will if it might be unsafe to shoot or cause the rounds to FTF. Thanks! :banghead:
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