Poper
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Has anyone heard of any Remington brass recalls?
I recently broke into a bag of 100 pieces of .30-06 brass I bought at Cabela's during the last panic. (Probably sometime between 2012-2014, more or less.) I have had multiple case-head separations with only 2 -3 firings. I began closer inspection of these .30-06 cases during all phases of reloading and have been finding an area of stretching well ahead of the web. At first I thought my die was incorrectly adjusted so I checked it and it was sizing cases same as always and .002" to .005" shoulder setback. Certainly not enough stretch to cause case-head separation after so few firings. At least not what I have experienced in the past.
As I was loading new, unfired cases Friday night, I noticed one loaded round that had a band similar to what I was seeing on some of the fired cases, in a similar location and about where the separated cases occurred. I had just seated the bullet and was placing it in the box when it caught my eye. I pulled the bullet and dumped the powder and put it in the box with my test loads to show my shooting & reloading buddy at the range on Sunday. He thought it was strange and when he heard my experiences with the few fired case-head separations agreed that he would not have fired that particular case, either. He suggested I send the separated cases and fired cases showing stretch indications along with the unfired specimen to Remington.
After the background information, and at the risk of being a boor, I repeat my question: Has anyone heard of a brass recall from Remington?
I recently broke into a bag of 100 pieces of .30-06 brass I bought at Cabela's during the last panic. (Probably sometime between 2012-2014, more or less.) I have had multiple case-head separations with only 2 -3 firings. I began closer inspection of these .30-06 cases during all phases of reloading and have been finding an area of stretching well ahead of the web. At first I thought my die was incorrectly adjusted so I checked it and it was sizing cases same as always and .002" to .005" shoulder setback. Certainly not enough stretch to cause case-head separation after so few firings. At least not what I have experienced in the past.
As I was loading new, unfired cases Friday night, I noticed one loaded round that had a band similar to what I was seeing on some of the fired cases, in a similar location and about where the separated cases occurred. I had just seated the bullet and was placing it in the box when it caught my eye. I pulled the bullet and dumped the powder and put it in the box with my test loads to show my shooting & reloading buddy at the range on Sunday. He thought it was strange and when he heard my experiences with the few fired case-head separations agreed that he would not have fired that particular case, either. He suggested I send the separated cases and fired cases showing stretch indications along with the unfired specimen to Remington.
After the background information, and at the risk of being a boor, I repeat my question: Has anyone heard of a brass recall from Remington?
