Reefinmike
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When im out pickin range brass at my public range, i'll grab any loaded round that I see, and I find quite a bit. 10-20 each range trip. I do this mainly to fill up a nice big glass jar I keep in my reloading room(almost have a gallons worth!). I also do it to keep people that are unaware of the danger of squibs due to wet powder, excessively hot handloads or even the possibility of an evil reloader leaving behind a double, triple or quadruple charge .
I would pull it but my cheapo lyman puller shell holder no longer holds in a round. Its a winchester 38 special, it has the same oal as all the other winchesters ive found as well as the telltale ring near the top of the bullet that ive seen in every winchester white box factory load ive seen. there IS powder in the casing, the primer is bulged out .022"with what appears to be a burn on the "winchester" from hot primer gases leaking out between the primer and primer pocket. the firing pin of whoevers gun was shooting this also punched a hole in the base of the primer about halfway around. The only thing I could really think of was that there wasnt a flash hole drilled out on this casing. every other winchester case i found in the area was perfectly fine. no pressure signs, no backed out primers etc etc.
should i just send it in to winchester for a free box of ammo
I would pull it but my cheapo lyman puller shell holder no longer holds in a round. Its a winchester 38 special, it has the same oal as all the other winchesters ive found as well as the telltale ring near the top of the bullet that ive seen in every winchester white box factory load ive seen. there IS powder in the casing, the primer is bulged out .022"with what appears to be a burn on the "winchester" from hot primer gases leaking out between the primer and primer pocket. the firing pin of whoevers gun was shooting this also punched a hole in the base of the primer about halfway around. The only thing I could really think of was that there wasnt a flash hole drilled out on this casing. every other winchester case i found in the area was perfectly fine. no pressure signs, no backed out primers etc etc.
should i just send it in to winchester for a free box of ammo