keano44
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A young man from my work is getting into hunting. He got a Marlin 336, 30-30, from his grandfather to use for deer. I was asked to make sure the rifle/scope was sighted in before he hunted with it. With the rifle he had a box of bullets. The box was Federal 150gr. SP. I didn't realize until after I was half way into sighting in the rifle that there actually was a mix of headstamped cases in the box. I sighted in the rifle, there was a problem with the scope, but I corrected it, adjusted it and shot enough to give me confidence that the scope was good to hunt with. What surprised me was, one of the cases had a split neck. When I saw this, I immediately checked all the other cases, Win., Fed., and R-P, fifteen total. None of the others had this problem. I don't recall feeling anything different when I fired this cartridge. The guy didn't know if these cartridges had been reloaded, and said his grandfather probably wouldn't remember, either.
Have any of you experienced this with factory new cartridges before? With reloads? How common is it to get a split neck case? I don't recall ever seeing one before, and I collect most all my own brass which I have ever shot for reloading. By the way, the case which split was a Federal.
Have any of you experienced this with factory new cartridges before? With reloads? How common is it to get a split neck case? I don't recall ever seeing one before, and I collect most all my own brass which I have ever shot for reloading. By the way, the case which split was a Federal.
