Remington Bulk Brass Looks Like Range Findings

BntBrl · June 29, 2008, 03:39 PM

Actually much worse than what you'd find at the range in the bucket. I ordered 20 of them and 3/4s of them have dings around the shoulders. THey look dirty, as I assume they havent been polished, and the necks are fugly. The necks have a more coppery look to them and are quite textured feeling.

My questions are (1) The dings will come out when I fire them, is it okay to fire them with dings, and what size dings or dents are acceptable to fire?

(2) I plan to resize the cases and trim them to the min trim to length. Will the textured feeling necks hurt anything?

It is a .300 Weatherby Magnum. I plant to load them with 180 grains hornady btsp with around 74 grains of imr4831.

Stumper · June 29, 2008, 04:08 PM

Pics!

Shoulder dents are of no consequence.

Sidetracked · June 29, 2008, 04:23 PM

Neck size them before loading, and you'll be fine. It's just the way their bulk brass looks, from the shipping methods used.

Alleykat · June 29, 2008, 07:33 PM

Sounds like the necks were annealed.

Crosshair · June 29, 2008, 11:25 PM

Sounds like the necks were annealed.

Agreed, ammo makes don't take as much care in removing the annealing marks from bulk brass. It should be cosmetic only.

BntBrl · June 30, 2008, 01:44 AM

I ran them through my neck sizer and they all seems to be okay. They are still coppery looking but they are all round now. I deburred them and stuck them in my case gage. THey look okay. I suppose I will double check them with my mic and primer them. Then to decide what to load in them... I have a 130 grain that shoots good, and I have a 180 load that shoots very good. Maybe Ill stop and get some 200 or 220 grain hornadys to load up and check them out. I was really surprised when I shot a .8 group of three with 130. I was shooting 180s the other day and the guy with something big shot just as I was breaking the trigger and ruined my group. Sometimes it happens to me when someone next to me shoots and Im not expecting it. I dont flinch on my shots cause I expect it, but not before I pull the trigger lol.

June 29, 2008, 03:39 PM	#1
BntBrl Member Join Date: June 8, 2008 Posts: 95	Remington Bulk Brass Looks Like Range Findings Actually much worse than what you'd find at the range in the bucket. I ordered 20 of them and 3/4s of them have dings around the shoulders. THey look dirty, as I assume they havent been polished, and the necks are fugly. The necks have a more coppery look to them and are quite textured feeling. My questions are (1) The dings will come out when I fire them, is it okay to fire them with dings, and what size dings or dents are acceptable to fire? (2) I plan to resize the cases and trim them to the min trim to length. Will the textured feeling necks hurt anything? It is a .300 Weatherby Magnum. I plant to load them with 180 grains hornady btsp with around 74 grains of imr4831.

June 29, 2008, 04:08 PM	#2
Stumper Senior Member Join Date: June 15, 2008 Location: Colorado Posts: 438	Pics! Shoulder dents are of no consequence. __________________ "Let us speak courteously, deal fairly, and keep ourselves armed and ready." Theodore Roosevelt "If only God has magic, how does Santa get down the chimney?" Natalie Peters age 4

June 29, 2008, 04:23 PM	#3
Sidetracked Senior Member Join Date: May 12, 2008 Location: Henrietta, FL Posts: 306	Neck size them before loading, and you'll be fine. It's just the way their bulk brass looks, from the shipping methods used. __________________ Feel free to disagree with my opinion. -I do it all the time.

June 29, 2008, 11:25 PM	#5
Crosshair Senior Member Join Date: December 16, 2004 Location: Grand Forks, ND Posts: 5,333	Sounds like the necks were annealed. Agreed, ammo makes don't take as much care in removing the annealing marks from bulk brass. It should be cosmetic only. __________________ I don't carry a gun to go looking for trouble, I carry a gun in case trouble finds me.

June 29, 2008, 07:33 PM	#4
Alleykat Junior member Join Date: July 26, 2007 Posts: 3,668	Sounds like the necks were annealed.

June 30, 2008, 01:44 AM	#6
BntBrl Member Join Date: June 8, 2008 Posts: 95	I ran them through my neck sizer and they all seems to be okay. They are still coppery looking but they are all round now. I deburred them and stuck them in my case gage. THey look okay. I suppose I will double check them with my mic and primer them. Then to decide what to load in them... I have a 130 grain that shoots good, and I have a 180 load that shoots very good. Maybe Ill stop and get some 200 or 220 grain hornadys to load up and check them out. I was really surprised when I shot a .8 group of three with 130. I was shooting 180s the other day and the guy with something big shot just as I was breaking the trigger and ruined my group. Sometimes it happens to me when someone next to me shoots and Im not expecting it. I dont flinch on my shots cause I expect it, but not before I pull the trigger lol.