I by my 9mm cases as "once fired", load 4K rounds/month and leave maybe 20% of the 4K on the ground each month at matches, this between my wife and myself. It's hard to tell how many times the cases have been loaded. I have a batch of once-fired that I've started to load and with two of the case the case-actuated powder drop (Hornady LNL) over expanded the case
I've been using this setup for 40K+ rounds without any issues so I'm confident it's the case. I detected the problem easily as I seated the bullet in the case. Is this a symptom of a "once-fired" case that was actually used too many times or the result of someone putting much too much of a bell on the case?
Doesn' matter too much the cause, but I'm going to try out a Mini Mr. BulletFeeder and that setup will deprive me of the feedback as I place the bullet in the case mouth.
I've been using this setup for 40K+ rounds without any issues so I'm confident it's the case. I detected the problem easily as I seated the bullet in the case. Is this a symptom of a "once-fired" case that was actually used too many times or the result of someone putting much too much of a bell on the case?
Doesn' matter too much the cause, but I'm going to try out a Mini Mr. BulletFeeder and that setup will deprive me of the feedback as I place the bullet in the case mouth.