It is squeaky dry when new, drags on expanders etc.
Shined it through the flash hole and saw rings. I’ve got 10-20 LC that feel rough but it’s only 10k or so from the bottom of the case and it feels like a lot of crust cause it’s very large. I’ve got some once fired nickel cases coming soon so I’ll just use those up. Just trying to save as much as possible.I’m tellin ya, shine a relatively dim light up through the flash hole, as you look down the neck sortve at an angle so you don’t see the light directly, but see the light cast on the sides of the case. I had a bunch that passed the sharpened and bent paper clip test, but when inspected with the light, clearly had a ring.
Now if I have a case that feels even the least bit rough on the inside, but still passes the paper clip, I decide with the light.
Give it a whirl, it may be illuminating
I guess I blew through reading your post so fast, I didn’t see that you said you used a light!Shined it through the flash hole and saw rings. I’ve got 10-20 LC that feel rough but it’s only 10k or so from the bottom of the case and it feels like a lot of crust cause it’s very large. I’ve got some once fired nickel cases coming soon so I’ll just use those up. Just trying to save as much as possible.
I guess I blew through reading your post so fast, I didn’t see that you said you used a light!
I’m always real reluctant to toss out brass. A lot I have is truly vintage, but low mileage, and so I treat them like they’re rare coins or something
Oh for sure, I agree, and I do quit using them when they're ready to be retired. But even then, I turn them into lamp cord pulls or keyrings or something like that.I used to feel that way, too... you spend so much money, time, and effort on brass it would be like kicking the dog to dump it in the scrap bucket. Not so much anymore... reloading surplus 7.62mm cases fixed me of that real quick. I've had the guts of my M1a magazines blow out in my lap a few times because of bad brass... it's just not worth it. I wound up scrapping almost 2000 7.62mm cases, no lie. Replacing that brass is a lot cheaper than replacing an M1a bolt, the rifle, or my eyeballs... let alone my pretty face. Even my pistol brass... I've scrapped my entire lot of .38SPC cases because they became brittle and started to crack... this after only 2 or 3 firings (which I believe was from poor brass stock or manufacturing.)
and 30-06 from when the cartridge was still the new kid on the block