Case ding

[va_connoisseur]

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[37L1]

They are safe.

[va_connoisseur]

Well that seems easy enough. LOL

[grayfox]

It bounced against the deflector upon exiting after firing... it will press out fine when you shoot it. Plus, for you there are some fixes for this so your ejects don't get the ding... a piece of the loop side of velcro on the deflector, trim a coil from the ejector spring, etc etc. I've done the first, not the second, works well. Using an agb helps too, for a better ejection angle.

[va_connoisseur]

Thanks for the ideas

[CaptnC]

Looks like it was stepped on. My 18" is built on a DPMS heavy slick sided receiver. It doesn't put a mark on the case. My 20" is on a milspec and it dents the case mouth on every case I fire.

The vast majority of my pick up brass has been stepped on around the benches. But if I find it in the area where everyone shoots prone (mostly grass) they only have the dent in the neck.

Only thing I would caution you about. If a case has a dent don't use it with a powder charge that is a compressed load. Of course a tiny spot like in your picture it wouldn't make a difference. I referring to a lot bigger dent in the body of the case.

[A5BLASTER]

Maybe my eyes are playing tricks on me are I'm not sure what I'm seeing, does anybody other then me see what looks like a ring down near the base of the case?

[sneaky one]

A5- it's fine, it shows up on most all Grrr cases. It's just the spot where it thins out going forward- maybe the engineering staff made an oops on the smooth transition, made it too abrupt. I had no problems after 20 shots each, on a bunch of Lapua brass.


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Cases do swell a bit, normal reaction to a BOOM - shot fired. That's why brass was formulated for cartridges , to be able to be re- used. Everyone on here should reload.


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[A5BLASTER]

A5- it's fine, it shows up on most all Grrr cases. It's just the spot where it thins out going forward- maybe the engineering staff made an oops on the smooth transition, made it too abrupt. I had no problems after 20 shots each, on a bunch of Lapua brass.

Guess I just never noticed it on any of my safed cases, will have to sharpen the eyes up from now on.

[sneaky one]

Check a bit with calipers- it reveals a bare minimum.. Case Rim diam,, to the just forward of the cup diam. It should not be a much--- Mostly - a no biggie.

[Djgrendel]

I've done some fairly shady fireforming in my day. That little ding in the case won't create an issue for average shooting ammo. I did an experiment years ago, to see how far I could go to save a damaged piece of brass. It went beyond sanity. And I'm quite surprised I never had a case separation. If I had been using a gas gun for the tests , I'm sure I would have. In your case, you will be fine. Pun, no pun, take it as you like.

[va_connoisseur]

I've done some fairly shady fireforming in my day. That little ding in the case won't create an issue for average shooting ammo. I did an experiment years ago, to see how far I could go to save a damaged piece of brass. It went beyond sanity. And I'm quite surprised I never had a case separation. If I had been using a gas gun for the tests , I'm sure I would have. In your case, you will be fine. Pun, no pun, take it as you like.

LOL. I’m loading for a AR pistol. But keeping the pressure low for this initial OCW load.