I purchased 1k once fired Lake City 5.56 brass partly for my AR and partly to make some 300 brass from it. First I was surprised at how freaking dirty this stuff was. I was also really happy with how clean this stuff came after wet tumbling with stainless pins!
My question is that some of the brass has a shiny ring between .22 and .23 up from the bottom of the case. I ran a pick down the inside of the case and there is no discernible bump or edge at all. I measured the length of 10 random cases to see if they seemed to be stretched and the average length of the ones I measured was 1.7552" I've been reloading pistol for a while now but just getting started on rifle so I'm not sure how this compares to "normal"
I've separated out the cases that have this ring and if it keeps going at this rate it will be about 15% of the total. I've pasted three pics below first two are before and after the wet tumbling and the last one is a shot of the shiny ring around the base.
All advice on the matter would be appreciated.
My question is that some of the brass has a shiny ring between .22 and .23 up from the bottom of the case. I ran a pick down the inside of the case and there is no discernible bump or edge at all. I measured the length of 10 random cases to see if they seemed to be stretched and the average length of the ones I measured was 1.7552" I've been reloading pistol for a while now but just getting started on rifle so I'm not sure how this compares to "normal"
I've separated out the cases that have this ring and if it keeps going at this rate it will be about 15% of the total. I've pasted three pics below first two are before and after the wet tumbling and the last one is a shot of the shiny ring around the base.
All advice on the matter would be appreciated.