emptybrass
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Hope it is ok to post this here, since I discovered this while shooting reloads. I had finished shooting a group of 10 .45 ACP reloads (third batch...still new at reloading) and decided to plink away with some factory ammo I had with me. After about five rounds, I had a failure to eject. Once I cleared the gun, the pic below shows what I found. The rim of the faulty round (right shell) was barely thick enough to contain the head stamp. If you look at the extreme right side of the rim, you can see where the extractor actually bent the rim trying to extract the spent casing. I have never seen this before and was wondering if this was common or not? Makes me want to thoroughly inspect each SD round. Also is a pic of the factory box for the faulty round.
Thin Rim by Randy Digby, on Flickr
Thin Rim Source Box by Randy Digby, on Flickr
Thin Rim by Randy Digby, on Flickr
Thin Rim Source Box by Randy Digby, on Flickr
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