I just received a shipment of brass that was supposed to be "once fired". I must admit this is the first time in many purchases of brass on line that I have doubts the brass hadn't been reloaded at least once. Here are the reasons I suspect this:
1. I can see on over half the brass the primer pockets had been scraped clean at least once but there was primer residue in the pockets.
2. I can also see where the necks have been chamfered on both the inside and outside of the neck.
3. I can also tell that over half of the brass has been trimmed as the little ridges normally found on once fired brass were gone and the brass was just .001 away from the maximum trim length.
There may be other explanations for this brass looking like it does but to me it looks very similar to how my reloads look after being reloaded once or more times. I'm not going to mention the type of brass or the seller as my main reason for mentioning this to see if there are other ways to help sellers determine if brass has been fired more than once. The seller may not have known if the brass was once fired or not, but I would think if you didn't know for sure you wouldn't sell it as such. Any other ways to tell if brass was once fired or not?
1. I can see on over half the brass the primer pockets had been scraped clean at least once but there was primer residue in the pockets.
2. I can also see where the necks have been chamfered on both the inside and outside of the neck.
3. I can also tell that over half of the brass has been trimmed as the little ridges normally found on once fired brass were gone and the brass was just .001 away from the maximum trim length.
There may be other explanations for this brass looking like it does but to me it looks very similar to how my reloads look after being reloaded once or more times. I'm not going to mention the type of brass or the seller as my main reason for mentioning this to see if there are other ways to help sellers determine if brass has been fired more than once. The seller may not have known if the brass was once fired or not, but I would think if you didn't know for sure you wouldn't sell it as such. Any other ways to tell if brass was once fired or not?