Reloading .223 cases w/ a "ding"

[VDW]

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]

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]

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]

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]

They are ejection dings. My concern is exactly that. Whether or not the case is weakend to a level unsafe to reload.

[gnihcraes]

If it's not on the "shoulder" i'd use them. If its really deep, I would not... my 2 cents.

[VDW]

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]

Are the dings about as deep as a paper clip?

[gnihcraes]

here, we covered some of this before even with some pictures I took...

http://www.co-ar15.com/forums/showth...ihcraes&page=2

[VDW]

here, we covered some of this before even with some pictures I took...

http://www.co-ar15.com/forums/showth...ihcraes&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?