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When I get a batch of relatively expensive brass, due to not being mainstream, that has off center flash holes, I just loosen the nut holding the decapping pin on my RCBS dies and let the pin self align with the holes. It also works with Lyman dies.
Buy the brand that fit your price range. I learned on Lee, now have RCBS. My last was Hornady, custom for 22 TCM. I love their alignment sleeve, helps a lot on the tiny bullets.
I do highly recommend the Lee decapper. I broke one stem, but it was on a berdan case. Works great on small or off-center holes.
I agree. Berdan. I have seen flash holes off center before. But, not even close to that.
The photo is poor and does not show it well, but sure looks like a second hole in there to me.
Loose de-capping pins, expect to break it sooner or later. Never seen one self align that far off.
The picture could have been much better. The angle is deceiving making it real difficult to really tell how far off center the flash hole actually is. I really do not think they are berdan primed and the reasoning is I don't see the second hole but also with berdan priming there would be a divot between the holes inside the case or a dimple between the holes on the outside.
You have some 700 of these things? I would attempt to decap maybe 10 or so and see how it goes. If you can decap and prime 10 rounds I would load them and shoot them and see what you get? I sure would not load 700 to see what happens. Try loading around 10 cases and see what you get.
Don't know the headstamp on these but I picked up some GFL .223 brass where the holes were way off center. PITA. Since I had more .223 I just tossed it.
(apparently a known issue with GFL brass)
Some of them were not real bad some were terrible, almost to the edge of the primer pocket. (Bent Lee Universal decap pin, which by the way Lee replaced even though I told them what happened and it was my fault)
.30 carbine is not as easy to come by however.
Maybe sort them out in to batches if possible, not to bad, bad, and terrible.
Maybe the not to bads will deprime easy.
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