Greyhunter
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Long story, a buddy has a reloader friend (who I dont know) and he gave my buddy some of his reloads to give to me to try (unsolicited). Apparently the guy was curious to see how they shot in an AR, my buddy must have told him I had one.
I dont plan to shoot them but I took them for inspection out of curiosity. They are labeled .223 Rem, 36g VG (assuming varmint grenades), 22.7g of H4198, CCI BR4, 2.924 OAL (that was closer to 2.265" on my caliper). Its labeled as one fired Win brass which looks correct, and reportedly from a bolt gun which also looks correct by the clean cases.
Question is, in that 50rd box there are 22 fired cases, of which 2 have necks split to the bottom of the shoulder. Those split cases measure under 1.760", so they arent excessive length. I noticed all his spent primers are not flattened but do have a noticeable ring around the firing pin dent. I'm not an experienced reloader per se, but I've reloaded a couple thousand .223 and never split a neck yet. What about his combo is causing him to split necks?
Edumacate me please...
I dont plan to shoot them but I took them for inspection out of curiosity. They are labeled .223 Rem, 36g VG (assuming varmint grenades), 22.7g of H4198, CCI BR4, 2.924 OAL (that was closer to 2.265" on my caliper). Its labeled as one fired Win brass which looks correct, and reportedly from a bolt gun which also looks correct by the clean cases.
Question is, in that 50rd box there are 22 fired cases, of which 2 have necks split to the bottom of the shoulder. Those split cases measure under 1.760", so they arent excessive length. I noticed all his spent primers are not flattened but do have a noticeable ring around the firing pin dent. I'm not an experienced reloader per se, but I've reloaded a couple thousand .223 and never split a neck yet. What about his combo is causing him to split necks?
Edumacate me please...
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