So what do I do with all this dented brass

salzo

Went way overboard lubing my cases. Have 15 cases with various dents. Anything I can do to straighten them out?
I imagine shooting dented brass is unsafe.

Winston Bode

Hey,

I have never read or heard anything about lube dents making loaded cartridges unsafe to shoot. If you shoot them the cases will form to fit the chamber and iron out the lube dents. If you really feel strongly about not shooting the loaded rounds with the lube dents then pull the bullets and throw the brass away or pull the bullets and load the cases with a reduced powder charge and fire form them that way. I don't know what caliber you are loading but if the rounds will chamber without undue force I'd say go ahead and shoot them. That's just me.


Bode

jonk

I've fired lots of dented cases, both from overlubing and surplus with little creases. No worries. Absolute worse case the brass cracks there, which on the neck or shoulder won't cause any trouble.

dakotashooter2

Load with starting loads and fire

salzo

Thanks guys- I just started reloading, this is my maiden batch.
The reloading books I have, mention dents as a result of overlube. But they do not say anything about whether or not the cases can be used afterwards.
Thanks again.

JustC

load it and shoot it. Nothing like 55,000psi to iron out the wrinkles[;)]

salzo

Here is another question-
I am going to the range to test 3 different loads, to see which of the three is most accurate.
I am assuming, that I should not use the dented cases for my ACCURACY test-in other words I am assuming that there is a good chance that the accuracy could be affected by the dented cases. Am I off base here? Or does the dent cases not have an affect on accuracy?

mrbruce

This is my own personal opinion, but I would think that because of the lessor amount of internal space, accuracy would not be the same as a case that was not dented, but that might be hard to prove by a old guy like me [:D]

Tailgunner1954

If your JustC, you might be able to tell the difference in your groups, but us mere mortals would be hard pressed to notice the difference (remember that the case has to expand to fill the chamber anyway).

Grunt2

I agree with tailgunner....You'll never know the difference..You might want to check the die vent hole and make sure it's not plugged..!

salzo

quote:Originally posted by Grunt2
..You might want to check the die vent hole and make sure it's not plugged..!


That brings up yet another question. How and what do you use to clean dies??

bsally

I use brake cleaner

Grunt2

I use Carb cleaner....and a wire to clean the vent hole.

JustC

yep, break or carb cleaner. They say the non-chlorinated types will not harm stocks, but I still have my reservations. I use lots of rags to shield everything when cleaning actions and bores.

Now I got 2 people calling me *[:0][:D] Nothing else would be frustrating enough[^]