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Years ago, folks living in desolate areas of Russia would melt down then cast recovered lead bullets from small game into new ones. Wood stick match heads would be ground into a paste with water then smeared into the rim of .22 long rifle fired cases then set aside to dry. A small measure of black powder would be put in and the bullet seated. A single case could be indexed 4 or 5 times so the undented part was aligned with the firing pin. It put meat on the table.
Reading a magazine article about this years ago, I remember one part saying a tool was made to push out the firing pin dent so indexing a reloaded case wasn't needed.
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