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August 4, 2016, 04:36 PM | #1 |
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buying processed 5.56 brass?
Is there any way to tell if the once fired processed 5.56 brass is really once fired ? I bought 250 5.56 cases that he said are once fired and processed with the crimp removed, trimmed and ready to load. I loaded 25 of them with a 55 gr bullet and 24.0 gr of H335 powder which is not a hot load and out of the 25, the neck split on 11 of them the first time I fired them. If they were once fired why would so many necks split ? Is the only way to tell once fired is if they still have the crimped in primer ?
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August 4, 2016, 04:49 PM | #2 |
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If they were fired in a machine gun chamber the processed without annealing, yeah, they could split on the first firing.
I never order sized ammo, I will pay to have the crimp removed though. Jimro
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August 5, 2016, 09:29 PM | #3 |
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I get split necks on range brass from the local law enforcement range. I suspect that it was once fired, after it was processed and remanufactured from previous use, or something like that. In any event it was free.
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