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VDW
06-02-2009, 13:51
I have held off on reloading my .223 brass, because both my AR, and my AK in .223 put a ding in the side of the case when ejecting. Can this be fixed and/or safely reloaded?

On the same thought, I got rid of a G-3 clone because it dinged the .308 cases...could those have been reloaded?
CareyH
06-02-2009, 13:55
I have reloaded some pretty ugly looking brass. some pics would help, but I would say a good full lenght resizing die should do the trick.
VDW
06-02-2009, 14:56
Don't have any pics handy, but they are dented in, not bulged out. The dent is in the lower half of the case.
mightymouse
06-02-2009, 16:25
If its an ejection ding, then you'll be fine. It'll fireform out when you shoot the brass next time. watch your brass carefully, because once you get a couple of those 'over worked' areas they'll start to weaken the case.
VDW
06-02-2009, 16:37
They are ejection dings. My concern is exactly that. Whether or not the case is weakend to a level unsafe to reload.
gnihcraes
06-02-2009, 16:40
If it's not on the "shoulder" i'd use them. If its really deep, I would not... my 2 cents.
VDW
06-02-2009, 16:53
Not in the shoulder, they are in the main body of the case, where it gets pulled into the side of the ejection port.
RRD3
06-02-2009, 17:19
Are the dings about as deep as a paper clip?
gnihcraes
06-02-2009, 17:57
here, we covered some of this before even with some pictures I took...

http://www.co-ar15.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11981&highlight=gnihcraes&page=2
VDW
06-02-2009, 18:05
here, we covered some of this before even with some pictures I took...

http://www.co-ar15.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11981&highlight=gnihcraes&page=2

Those dings are on the neck/shoulder, mine are generally in the middle, or down towards the base. Are the shoulder dings fatal for the cartridge?
VDW
06-02-2009, 18:08
Are the dings about as deep as a paper clip?

Unfortunately, it's been awhile since I've shot them. I just saw something on one of the threads that made me think about it, so I thought I'd ask. I don't have any sitting around, or I'd look. I would guess they were about as deep as the thickness of a paper clip or less.
gnihcraes
06-02-2009, 19:16
The small dings in the body shouldn't pose any problems. The deep shoulder ones like I had shown in those examples would probably not shoot well, but would fire form back to normal probably. Those seep shoulder dings are most likely from being stepped on at the range... (I figure anyway) I'll go look at some of mine and get a photo of the small body dings...