I am new to reloading and the thought of having case separation on a reloaded round freaks me out.
So i have collected a good amount of brass that was ONLY shot from my 2 rifles (rem 770 30-06 and a savage 30-06). I have 3 different kinds, Hornady, Winchester, and PPU (which i think is federal boxed ammo)
I was tinkering around last night decapping and cleaning the primer holes when i noticed a ring mark around the bottom of a few cases.. thought to myself, ok these aren't good ones. Then i started digging in the bags of brass (about 50 pieces in each bag). Almost all of the winchester brass has these markings, some of the hornady, and pretty much none of the PPU.
These rings are before I even decap and size them so i don't think it could be the die doing it.
I felt the outside of the case and did not feel any "bulges" put a paper clip inside the case and didn't feel anything on the inside either.
Thee are factory brass that I only shot once. I don't think winchester, hornady, federal sell "shot once" without stating it on the box right? These didn't say that anyway.
Am i being way too paranoid on case separation and now that i read up on it, any ring on the brass i am "thinking" too much on it?
Is it because my rifles are crap and there is too much space in the chamber and the round is expanding more at the base?... or is all this normal? I looked at my AR-15 shot .223 brass and it does have the ring markings, just not as many or as noticeable.
I attached a picture, the brass on the left is Hornady and the right side is winchester.
(sorry if the picture is super big, i just wanted to show a clear picture up close)
any advise would be appreciated. thanks everyone!!
So i have collected a good amount of brass that was ONLY shot from my 2 rifles (rem 770 30-06 and a savage 30-06). I have 3 different kinds, Hornady, Winchester, and PPU (which i think is federal boxed ammo)
I was tinkering around last night decapping and cleaning the primer holes when i noticed a ring mark around the bottom of a few cases.. thought to myself, ok these aren't good ones. Then i started digging in the bags of brass (about 50 pieces in each bag). Almost all of the winchester brass has these markings, some of the hornady, and pretty much none of the PPU.
These rings are before I even decap and size them so i don't think it could be the die doing it.
I felt the outside of the case and did not feel any "bulges" put a paper clip inside the case and didn't feel anything on the inside either.
Thee are factory brass that I only shot once. I don't think winchester, hornady, federal sell "shot once" without stating it on the box right? These didn't say that anyway.
Am i being way too paranoid on case separation and now that i read up on it, any ring on the brass i am "thinking" too much on it?
Is it because my rifles are crap and there is too much space in the chamber and the round is expanding more at the base?... or is all this normal? I looked at my AR-15 shot .223 brass and it does have the ring markings, just not as many or as noticeable.
I attached a picture, the brass on the left is Hornady and the right side is winchester.
(sorry if the picture is super big, i just wanted to show a clear picture up close)
any advise would be appreciated. thanks everyone!!