A friend had a bag of 44 mag reloads done commercially that had one 41 mag in it it expandes but did not split.
My RCBS 4X4 press has started flipping primers it is a pain in the rear. I think the arm is bent.
A friend had a bag of 44 mag reloads done commercially that had one 41 mag in it it expandes but did not split.
My RCBS 4X4 press has started flipping primers it is a pain in the rear. I think the arm is bent.
When I think back on all the **** I learned in high school it's a wonder I can think at all ! And then my lack of education hasn't hurt me none I can read the writing on the wall.
I was picking brass out of trash can and found a box of .243 in the box were 2 fired shells with expanded primer pockets and 17 loaded rounds. I asked around and someone told me a guy had a .243 jam and he went home complaining of the reloads a friend gave him. I pulled the 17 bullets they were seated on ball powder so hard the powder left imprints in bullet bases and I had to tap cases to get powder out. I could not identify the powder for sure but the powders in my Hornady book (I just started reloading it was 1973) showed the load was about 10 grs. heavier than any of there top loads for a 85 gr bullet.
Friends like that we do not need !
When I think back on all the **** I learned in high school it's a wonder I can think at all ! And then my lack of education hasn't hurt me none I can read the writing on the wall.
I found it was way to cold the last time I went to the range
One of my better finds was 3 boxes (96 rds) of .303 Brit cordite surplus. Someone had tried to fire 3 or 4 rounds, but their firing pin was so far off center it just nicked the edge of the primer. Combine a pin strike that far off center with not the best primers, and they were all duds-they even put them back in the box. I tried them in my Enfield (which has a well-centered firing pin strike) and they fired just fine, even though they were the infamous POF ammo. For free, I'm not complaining about the quality. Among my brass scavengings, a memorable one was several 7mm Rem mags. that had been fired in what I think was a 7mm STW. The non-reloading shooter probably never looked at the brass after it was ejected, but all of the shoulders were blown well forward and exhibited 3-4 small longitudinal splits. However, the rest of the case sealed the chamber well enough that he never knew what he had done.
Range Brass disasters collected over the years.
http://http://www.carolinaguntalk.com/forum/index.php?topic=6.0
Last edited by nooneimportant; 01-06-2011 at 06:50 PM. Reason: shoot, it had one http to many. works now
Broken link for me too.
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Sam
Ok, is working for me, but lets put up the main board link
http://www.carolinaguntalk.com/forum/index.php
The photo thread of range brass is in the reloading section
http://www.carolinaguntalk.com/forum....php?topic=6.0
try this
Jack
The link worked for me but I think some of what he called unsupported Chamber was from a slide out of battery . I have some foreign military ammo (GREEK?) that splits every time I think the primers contain mercury the case splits after pressure drops. They are Berdan primed and I can not remember were I got them from probably given to me by someone.
When I think back on all the **** I learned in high school it's a wonder I can think at all ! And then my lack of education hasn't hurt me none I can read the writing on the wall.
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |