I don't try to size any .40 brass that I think looks too bulged. I have so much free range .40 it isn't worth worrying with when it is such a small percentage of cases.
For 9MM, if my sizer will not make the case fit my Wilson case gauge, I scrap it, even though many 9MM chambers would accept it. I want it to work in tight chambered guns as well. My EMP won't accept any brass that fails the gauge, and again, I have so much free 9MM range brass, that it just isn't worth worrying about the approximately 10% that fail the gauge. If they pass, I load them. If they do not, into the scrap bucket they go.
The case in the pic has been damaged. Whether it can be sized down and fired safely a time or two or three is another debate, but I would choose not to use it. It isn't worth the increased risk.
For 9MM, if my sizer will not make the case fit my Wilson case gauge, I scrap it, even though many 9MM chambers would accept it. I want it to work in tight chambered guns as well. My EMP won't accept any brass that fails the gauge, and again, I have so much free 9MM range brass, that it just isn't worth worrying about the approximately 10% that fail the gauge. If they pass, I load them. If they do not, into the scrap bucket they go.
The case in the pic has been damaged. Whether it can be sized down and fired safely a time or two or three is another debate, but I would choose not to use it. It isn't worth the increased risk.
