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However I am on reload #9 of the cases.
Just for accuracy sake, the die is the Redding G-Rx (Glock Prescription)Bought a Redding GR-X
No!When he FL sized one it cracked it. I guess he should get a bulge buster then.
actually cracked right at the bottom of the case where the slot is for the extractor.
There is a pretty good ring around the bottom on the side the bulge was on that actually left a sharp edge. I have seen bugle before but nothing like some of these. Also, some of the primers appear to be reloads IMO. They are awfully flat and gold color in I believe federal brass.Did it actually crack or did the mouth of the die cut it as it was forced up into the smaller diameter hole. By gradually sizing down the area above the web the case seems to be shaped back to normal. Too big a deformation and the die base just rips into the case wall and rolls it down as the case enters the die. That was my observation anyway.
I will post a photo later tonight.I don't have any problems with brass I run through my glocks 9mm, 40, 10, 45, they all case gauge just fine after a trip through a standard size die.
The brass we run in our SMG's gets blown out though and I always make sure to run them though one of my roll sizers before they go through the reloading operation.
If the brass split upon a trip in and out of a standard size die, it was already gone though. Its not like anyone in their right mind would suggest annealing the case head.
Can you post a photo?
He just ordered them and they arrived last night. $76 for 1k 40cal supposedly once fired. If they are indeed junk, I'll tell him return them and if they give him a hard time to call his CC. Its about 90% of the cases that have bulge.+1
Scrap them or return them. Shooting bulged/cracked brass in a plastic gun = trip to emergency room.
35,000 PSI when turned loose , not good.
He just ordered them and they arrived last night. $76 for 1k 40cal supposedly once fired. If they are indeed junk I'll tell him return them and if they give him a hard time to call his CC. Its about 90% of the cases that have bulge.
My calculator says just under 10poundsHow much does 1K of 40 brass weigh ? I no longer shoot 40 and have a pile of brass left over.
I don't have any problems with brass I run through my glocks 9mm, 40, 10, 45, they all case gauge just fine after a trip through a standard size die.
The brass we run in our SMG's gets blown out though and I always make sure to run them though one of my roll sizers before they go through the reloading operation.
If the brass split upon a trip in and out of a standard size die, it was already gone though. Its not like anyone in their right mind would suggest annealing the case head.
Can you post a photo?
Emailed company with same explanation. Waiting for responseBulged 40 brass is not worth recovering, scrap them.
Lee's website has a warning that once a case is bulged, it will never be as strong as it was when new, even after the bulge buster.
Buying more equipment and spending extra time passing crappy brass through a separate operation is a waste of time and money.