I bought out a guy who was retiring from reloading, and part of his stash included 800+ .223 cases.
Some of them have been decapped and resized, and they have a peculiar ridge or line on the base of the case, as shown on the left case in the pic. It almost makes some of the cases look like belted cases; I can feel the ridge with my fingernail.
The right case is one that I cut open to see if there was any indication what was going on inside the case.
Is this simply a bad resizing job (not enough lube, e.g.?). Or something endemic to a particular gun? (remember, I didn't shoot these, just working on prepping them). Or is something else going on?
Some of them have been decapped and resized, and they have a peculiar ridge or line on the base of the case, as shown on the left case in the pic. It almost makes some of the cases look like belted cases; I can feel the ridge with my fingernail.
The right case is one that I cut open to see if there was any indication what was going on inside the case.
Is this simply a bad resizing job (not enough lube, e.g.?). Or something endemic to a particular gun? (remember, I didn't shoot these, just working on prepping them). Or is something else going on?