Hi All,
I thought I got a good deal on about 1k once fired and prepped .223 brass.
I received them and about 75% of the case mouths were overbelled almost look like an hour glass.
About 30-40% of these brass cases are also trimmed too short. They are measuring between 1.730" - 1.749", at least the ones that are bad. I'm thinking I could use the ones that are 1.745" and up but how about the excessively short ones around 1.730"
I am a little PO about it to say the least. I was hoping i'd be getting uniformly trimmed cases 1.749"-1.752"
Are these short ones safe to use? How about the excessive belling? My hornady FL resizer expands my cases JUST enough for my FMJ-Boat Tails to wedge. These excessively belled ones look horrible, about 1/4 of the bullet sits in the hour glass belling.
When I seated a dummy load, I had to recalibrate my seater die because it crushed the shoulder on the case.
I thought I got a good deal on about 1k once fired and prepped .223 brass.
I received them and about 75% of the case mouths were overbelled almost look like an hour glass.
About 30-40% of these brass cases are also trimmed too short. They are measuring between 1.730" - 1.749", at least the ones that are bad. I'm thinking I could use the ones that are 1.745" and up but how about the excessively short ones around 1.730"
I am a little PO about it to say the least. I was hoping i'd be getting uniformly trimmed cases 1.749"-1.752"
Are these short ones safe to use? How about the excessive belling? My hornady FL resizer expands my cases JUST enough for my FMJ-Boat Tails to wedge. These excessively belled ones look horrible, about 1/4 of the bullet sits in the hour glass belling.
When I seated a dummy load, I had to recalibrate my seater die because it crushed the shoulder on the case.