Chief_10Beers":1xkprznx said:
Pal Val":1xkprznx said:
Where hard steel meets soft brass, you can expect the brass to get nicked. Self-loading actions do it worse than manual because of the forces driving them. As long as the rim is not deformed, it can be reused. Chewed up and flattened? Not good for a reload. Chances are that it could jam the action. The action is designed for brand-new brass. That's why it's recommended that brass for self-loaders be full-length resized.
What if the Case Mouth is dented in but not creased? Half my Brass is like that...........................
In .45ACP, I discovered that if you fed these into the carbide resizing die, over 90% of them would pop back out and appear completely normal. The rest I would "iron" out by putting a pair of neede-nose pliers inside the case mouth. Very easy to do.
As far as rims being battered up, if the rim will still go in the reloading shellholder, the case will almost certainly feed and function in the gun just fine.