Reloadron
Contributing Member
Absolutely, purely a matter of coincidence.That's pretty much what I discovered. I had four cases that wouldn't size out of my first 100. They were all range pickup AND they were all military 5.56 brass. Coincidence?
Seriously, while many view range pickup brass as a gift from the range gods the problem is many times we haven't a clue what it was fired in or for that matter how many times the stuff was loaded in the case of reloads. While some people think nothing of shooting new factory ammunition and leaving the brass, others like myself only leave brass when we no longer want the stuff. When I leave brass I generally pick it up and deposit it in a trash can. You can pretty much figure anything I leave behind is worth brass scrap value and that's about it.
When collecting range brass it is wise to check the stuff thoroughly and run it through a good case gauge, a gauge cut from a chamber reamer that will measure all the important features, including case diameter.
Just My Take....
Ron