boisepaw
boisepaw
Reloading 30.06 for my Garands...reloading once fired Hornady brass on an RCBS RockChucker using used (to me) Redding dies. That brass I tumbled in a Frankford Arsenal Rotary Tumbler using the Brass Juice wash from the reloading station...unbelievably clean. Then the Brass Juice rifle case lube and it was smooth as silk. So no problem with 100 pieces of once-fired Hornady brass I had shot myself.
A month ago I bought a bunch of once fired Hornady brass from another MD Shooter but forgot to check and see if it had been cleaned. I assumed it was so I didn't bother to tumble it. Everything else was the same process. But now I am close to sticking cases. I took my die apart last night and cleaned it but again..close to sticking cases so I've stopped to figure out what I'm doing wrong. Probably a third of what I re-sized has a small dent just below the shoulder of the case.
So two questions:
1) Is it just dirty brass? Would that cause the resistance and the dented cases?
2) Can I go ahead and load and shoot the dented cases?
A month ago I bought a bunch of once fired Hornady brass from another MD Shooter but forgot to check and see if it had been cleaned. I assumed it was so I didn't bother to tumble it. Everything else was the same process. But now I am close to sticking cases. I took my die apart last night and cleaned it but again..close to sticking cases so I've stopped to figure out what I'm doing wrong. Probably a third of what I re-sized has a small dent just below the shoulder of the case.
So two questions:
1) Is it just dirty brass? Would that cause the resistance and the dented cases?
2) Can I go ahead and load and shoot the dented cases?