I admit I do scrounge for brass while at the range. When I find calibers I don't reload for, they go into a recycle bucket and at a dollar something per pound, it's worth it. But I reuse the 9mm I find. I have the wet tumble cleaner with steel pins, and that old brass looks brand new when cleaned.
However, I was shooting 9mm yesterday and a few cases wouldn't chamber. It was as if they didn't get resized. I'm shooting 124 grain bullets from Missouri Bullet Company. Their "Small Ball" coated ammunition. It's pretty consistent and nice stuff, so the brass would have been the only variance...I think.
QUESTION: Could my problem have come from variances in different brands of brass? I made a mistake of not noticing if the 6 or 7 bullets which wouldn't chamber were all one brand or not. I threw them away and didn't think about this problem until last night. I don't think it was all one head stamp however.
I wondered if I had the problem Mobuck had about the bulging from a heavier bullet. Perhaps the cases were to thin and didn't hold their shape when seating a heavier bullet.
And then I found this 9mm case. a Black Hills Ammunition 9mm+P Proof. I don't believe I've run across this head stamp before. But, as noted above, I don't check all the cases.
I guess this is my proof all brass isn't the same. I had this trouble with 38's a while back.
It's interesting though, this is marked proof. I haven't ever seen that on any caliber.
However, I was shooting 9mm yesterday and a few cases wouldn't chamber. It was as if they didn't get resized. I'm shooting 124 grain bullets from Missouri Bullet Company. Their "Small Ball" coated ammunition. It's pretty consistent and nice stuff, so the brass would have been the only variance...I think.
QUESTION: Could my problem have come from variances in different brands of brass? I made a mistake of not noticing if the 6 or 7 bullets which wouldn't chamber were all one brand or not. I threw them away and didn't think about this problem until last night. I don't think it was all one head stamp however.
I wondered if I had the problem Mobuck had about the bulging from a heavier bullet. Perhaps the cases were to thin and didn't hold their shape when seating a heavier bullet.
And then I found this 9mm case. a Black Hills Ammunition 9mm+P Proof. I don't believe I've run across this head stamp before. But, as noted above, I don't check all the cases.
I guess this is my proof all brass isn't the same. I had this trouble with 38's a while back.
It's interesting though, this is marked proof. I haven't ever seen that on any caliber.