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ammo examination
buschmaster
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this turkey wanted to sell me 30 rounds of ammo for 20 bucks. I said eh. after a bit he said okay 35 for 20 bucks. I bought them.
that is, I paid for them, took the box home, then looked at them.
wouldn't you know it, but 5 rounds look crimped behind the bullet. 1 or 2 pretty badly.
keeping in mind that .40 is prone to overpressure, I was wondering if y'all think they look ok or should I just chuck them.
(far right is an average round from the rest of the box)
last pic is out of focus, but I guess it helps see the crimps.
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I was suspicious that they were reloads, because although they came in the box (35 out of 50) all the cases had ring-marks around them, longitudinal scratches like from loading/unloading from magazine, but, I didn't see any dings or chips from where they would have hit cement after they were shot. and after all, they do have the correct bullet. I figured they just been in and out of a magazine a few times.
guys, tell me I wasn't a sucker and bought reloads....
that is, I paid for them, took the box home, then looked at them.
wouldn't you know it, but 5 rounds look crimped behind the bullet. 1 or 2 pretty badly.
keeping in mind that .40 is prone to overpressure, I was wondering if y'all think they look ok or should I just chuck them.
(far right is an average round from the rest of the box)
last pic is out of focus, but I guess it helps see the crimps.
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I was suspicious that they were reloads, because although they came in the box (35 out of 50) all the cases had ring-marks around them, longitudinal scratches like from loading/unloading from magazine, but, I didn't see any dings or chips from where they would have hit cement after they were shot. and after all, they do have the correct bullet. I figured they just been in and out of a magazine a few times.
guys, tell me I wasn't a sucker and bought reloads....
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EDIT 1
quote:I do not see any evidence of them being reloads; at least not from once fired cases. Nor can I explain what caused the neck dents and scratches.
You cannot see the fine vertical lines on the cases that indicate being resized?
Brad Steele