Dented HXP Brass for M1, use or toss?

[Red1917]

I am pretty new to reloading for rifles, and fired my first reloads last saturday successfully using some new remington brass I had, and I think they came out great. I have a large stash of Greek HXP M2 Ball brass I would like to load next, however upon inspection there are similar dents and gouges on just about every piece (circled in photo), would these be good to go or do I have to toss all of them? I am definitely going to polish the gouge a little to avoid scratching my dies. They arent too deep but better safe than sorry. Thanks for any help in advance.

 

[iH8DemLibz]

Small dents are fine. They won't come out during resizing, but any minor surface rising, if there, will be smoothed out.

The ding you're showing looks to have a raised circumference. Take a smooth file and remove the raised portions. They, too, will be fine after full length resizing.

That HXP is good brass. Have fun with your reloading.

 

[Red1917]

Awesome thanks, I was more worried about the gouge, but after smoothing them off and resizing they all look pretty good. Glad all that brass doesn't have to go to waste.

 

[lx1x]

Small dents are fine.. gauges/cut depends how deep they are.. if it's as deep as the case thickness.. I'd toss em out.

 

[ken792]

Perfectly fine. I've gotten 16 firings out of my HXP brass, with lots of dents along the way. The dents iron out, usually completely, on the next firing.

 

[Red1917]

Wow good to know these should have a pretty long useful life. The gouges aren't as deep as I thought after cleaning them up so I think they should be good, being a newbie I check every piece a bunch of times just to make sure so any I come across that look much worse I'll probably set aside. Thanks for the advice

 

[Pinecone]

Dents are OK. Creases are problematic.

The gouge bothers me. I would probably toss that case. Especially due to here it is located, right around where case head separations occur.