Safe to fire?

[FL-NC]

I would fire them- but not buy from them again.

 

[Bfh_auto]

Good question in general. Off-topic, but I've found that a lot of companies make it as difficult as possible to contact them. I got really ticked off enough at one of them (not firearm-related) to find their "Agent For Service from the Colorado Secretary of State and send my complaint to hi for forwarding. Off topic, but something to keep in mind. I have some PMC .357 ammo from decades ago that is fine and looks and shot good. It's my "house standard" ammo, so it doesn't get actually used except for 14 test rounds and 7 in my Taurus couch gun. ("I know what you're thinking, punk. Did he fire seven shots or only six....")

OK, nobody ask how come I shoot couches and we'll get along fine.

I thought you had a gun turret mounted on your couch...

 

[230RN]

Not yet, but in the interim, I'm looking for another gun to slip under the cushion on the opposite side of the couch. Incidental hint: spare mags can feel lumpy under the cushions.

 

[Demi-human]

Not yet, but in the interim, I'm looking for another gun to slip under the cushion on the opposite side of the couch. Incidental hint: spare mags can feel lumpy under the cushions.

So in stead of a New York reload, a Homer Simpson reload? I like it!
I handload like he eats snacks on Super Bowl Sunday!


Also, just because recalcitrant rounds reluctantly relent to racking, doesn’t determine the difficulty in their dislodging. I’ve had perfect ones stick and mangled ones pop out beautiful.

So if it isn’t life or death, just plinking on the range, use the forward assist and send them.
If it is, DON’T.
Throw garbage out, of the rifle.

 

[230RN]

I understood the term "New York reload" (and other towns) to mean you had another loaded gun ready to hand, obviating the need to manipulate the now-empty first gun. That second loaded gun was frequently called a BUG, for "Back Up Gun."

I'm sure he doesn't want the publicity, so let's not mention any names, but there was a shop owner who was robbed so often that he ended up squirreling guns all over the store so he hardly had to take two steps to reach one. Talk about BUGs. He in fact, killed or wounded a number of malefactors, thereby confirming my Billy The Kid Theory (BTKT) on the Second Amendment.

Terry, 230RN

 

[sparkyv]

Been there, done that with my reloads as an experiment.

 

[JTHunter]

If the OP is thinking of reloading those dented rounds, he will need to keep an eye on them as those cases might develop cracks at those points before an undamaged case would.
Good luck with them.

 

[230RN]

Could possibly use an annealing to prevent that, which is an easy process. But I figure once it's blown out, not too much more strain will occur at that point.

https://gundigest.com/wp-content/uploads/Annealing-Brass-4-768x496.jpg

The annealed portion is discolored toward the neck in military brass. The discoloration is polished out in commercial brass to make it purty as a party girl.

Great empirical data, sparkyv. Many thanks !

Terry, 230RN