Thread: dented cases
View Single Post
  #1  
Old 09-16-2005, 07:18 AM
Rocky Raab's Avatar
Rocky Raab Rocky Raab is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Ogden, Utah
Posts: 8,705
That happens after firing and not during resizing?

Some rifles ejecet the empty with enough force that the neck or shoulder area hits the receiver hard enough to dent it. If it's always in the same place and of the same depth, that's likely it.

Small dents won't hurt anything, although I'd expect you to see a crack there after several firings due to the flexing of the metal. If the shoulder is deeply dented, that case is toast.
__________________
Freedom of the Press
Does NOT mean the right to lie!

Visit me at my Reloading Room webpage!

Get signed copies of my Vietnam novels at "Baggy Zero Four" "Mike Five Eight"
Reply With Quote