should I shoot em

[length_of_pull_1]

So I loaded up some 357 magnum rounds and somehow my seating die got out adjustment. I seated 5 rounds and the cases got crinkled a bit. I inserted them into my cylinder and they chamber alright, one of them I have to stuff down to the rim. They are crinkled but the brass isn't torn or folded tight, they are just pretty wavy. These rounds were loaded up with 21.8 grains of H110 under 125gr XTPs, so almost a maximum charge. I could of course pull the bullets and try to resize them but I'm extremely tempted to shoot em up to straighten the brass back out, but I thought I would confer with sounder minds for advice. What should I do?

 

[Walkalong]

Should be just fine.

 

[LV Gun]

I have shot them like that but one at a time, had no issues.

 

[adcoch1]

I'd shoot them...

 

[Artg56]

Any time I have asked myself that question I didn’t. Although possibly fine why take a chance, it’s only 5 rounds, pull the components and resize or toss the brass.

 

[Barmcd]

Any time I have asked myself that question I didn’t. Although possibly fine why take a chance, it’s only 5 rounds, pull the components and resize or toss the brass.

That's my philosophy, but I have gotten more cautious, or maybe smarter, in my old age. I know I don't heal up from my screw-ups as I used to!

 

[Bazoo]

Buckled cases from over crimping are safe to fire if you can chamber them, even with difficulty.

 

[dcarr]

5 rounds ? pull or just toss

 

[Riomouse911]

I will put a wrinkle into a .38 Spl case once in a blue moon if I over-crimp one. If it chambers, I will go ahead and shoot it.

Stay safe.

 

[lordpaxman]

It’s called fire forming. Let us know if you’re on a wrinkle free cycle? As long as the seating die didn’t seat too much deeper in the case you should be fine. I had a few like that as well that shot and chrono’d just fine.

 

[Walkalong]

A good pic and we could be sure.

 

[length_of_pull_1]

This one is by far the worst. I have to shove it in to chamber it. The others drop in and fall out with no use of the extractor.

 

[ballman6711]

Not sure I would shoot that one, even if it chambers. Just me.

chris

 

[GeoDudeFlorida]

This one is by far the worst. I have to shove it in to chamber it. The others drop in and fall out with no use of the extractor.

It’ll iron out under pressure

 

[Mostly Lead]

Each of us has a different approach to reloading and what constitutes a "best practice", keeps the world interesting and forum discussions flowing.

For myself, I'd pull them...

 

[buck460XVR]

It’ll iron out under pressure

....yes, but I would be concerned the case would be compromised because of the severe buckling. While I may shoot it once, I would be hesitant to use the brass from that one again. .357 brass is cheap, and I don't like it when cases rupture/separate in the chamber.

 

[Walkalong]

This one is by far the worst. I have to shove it in to chamber it. The others drop in and fall out with no use of the extractor.

I would reclaim the bullet/primer and trash that one, or any others that are similar.

Trimming cases will alleviate that, but a lot of folks don't, and just adjust the crimper so the longest cases don't get buckled/toss the reaaaally long ones.

 

[Mark_Mark]

This one is by far the worst. I have to shove it in to chamber it. The others drop in and fall out with no use of the extractor.

Dude…. don’t shoot that

 

[dredd]

I know I don't heal up from my screw-ups as I used to!

So very true!

 

[film495]

If I'm looking at anything from a QA perspective, if I'm looking at it - it is worth culling out the worst of whatever I'm looking at, so - I'd just pick some percentage 15 or 25% cull out the worst ones even if they might be fine. I'm just trained to play this one doesn't look like the others, and the ones that don't look the same are fail and don't move on to the next step.

 

[Bazoo]

This one is by far the worst. I have to shove it in to chamber it. The others drop in and fall out with no use of the extractor.

You must have a pretty healthy chamber for that to go in even with help. I'd pull it, but I'd feel comfortable from a safety standpoint shooting it, just don't like wasting components.

 

[Walkalong]

I'd pull it, but I'd feel comfortable from a safety standpoint shooting it, just don't like wasting components.

Yep, it will be safe to fire, but the case will fail sooner than the rest, probably much sooner, scrap it either way.

 

[length_of_pull_1]

Thanks everyone for the input! I took them out to the range today stuffed them into my gun and set them off. There was nothing eventful about it other than stuffing the really wrinkly one into the cylinder. The case walls came out smooth and weren't a bit hard to extract.

 

[mdi]

I like reloading. All aspects of reloading, which sometimes includes pulling my faux pas. For me it's no big deal pulling a few rounds and if I have to do a couple hundred rounds , then there's only one way to eat an elephant, that's one bite at a time. When pulling a lot, just do as many as I feel comfortable then do some more tomorrow

So I'd pull the rounds that are crinkled. But if they chamber and they aren't heavily loaded they sound safe to shoot...

 

[Mark_Mark]

You must have a pretty healthy chamber for that to go in even with help. I'd pull it, but I'd feel comfortable from a safety standpoint shooting it, just don't like wasting components.

I wonder if that would fire for right out?