Ammunition & Hand Loading > Cartridge and Shotshell reloading
Check your pistol brass!
justsomeguy:
Yes, any dent in the case before it's fired gets ironed out when the case expands to seal the chamber.
As a side note I would caution against firing cartriges known to be dented. Decreasing case capacity will increase pressures. This is especially important when loading near max or with high pressure cartriges such as 40 S&W.
unfy:
The dents are ironed out during resizing in the press... and are completely unnoticeable afterwards.
I would almost call them 'scratches with no material removed' rather than 'dents'.
I'll... have to clean my area around the stall and fire a round to see if it is indeed my gun that is putting these 'dents' in the case. I've taken an unloaded case and done all I could to make the dent mark line up with ANYTHING inside the chamber, barrel, or slide with very little success.
The 'dent' does look like it *might* line up with the curve at towards the top of the breach. The top of the breach has a gentle curve to it, but i can see that maybe on extraction it causes a 'dent' ?
justsomeguy:
Hmmm. I've seen similar marks caused by a fail to feed in a 1911 but with the number of cases you're describing that seems unlikely.
sjwsti:
--- Quote from: unfy on July 01, 2010, 06:47:08 PM ---
Picked up a hundred 40 S&W brass off the ground as well as some 45ACP. Was inspecting the brass on a smoke break at work and came across my first failed pistol brass, see attached pics.
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So..correct me if Im wrong, you shot 50, picked up 100+ pieces of brass. I know the management of The Bullet Hole and they dont take the theft of brass lightly. Their policy certainly allows you to pick up your brass, everything else belongs to the range.
unfy:
--- Quote from: sjwsti on July 02, 2010, 07:35:37 AM ---
So..correct me if Im wrong, you shot 50, picked up 100+ pieces of brass. I know the management of The Bullet Hole and they dont take the theft of brass lightly. Their policy certainly allows you to pick up your brass, everything else belongs to the range.
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So are you trying to tell me that you don't compare your hand loads to factory when it's time to test ? Corrected :P
The ~18 or so 45ACP i grabbed weren't mine, which I grabbed thinking my brass recovery was gonna be bit a light (rough count in my head was 90). I know the BH recycles their spent brass with Ultramax for a discount on the factory reloads... which I buy a dozen or so boxes a month from them... so... I have no particular desire to jeopardize their ability to do so (meaning a cheap source of factory for me) :).
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On a side note, it's interesting that whenever someone talks about the BH, it's always "i know the management of...", or "i'm good buddies with..." etc hehehe. Granted, I imagine the gun community isn't overly huge.. so... everyone's bound to kind of know prominent figures... or... ???
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