So would I - or at least email them the pic of the case.
'Just a .30-30' is irrelevant. Nosler claims to have very high standards and all of their brass should be of very high quality - considering how much they charge for their products.
Or you can tell me how much brass you need and I will gladly send you a bunch of old stock, never to maybe once reloaded, as a 'personal payback' to Nosler, who I grew up around, buying their 'blem' bullets 'back in the day' as a new reloader when they were a GREAT deal, but stopped when their 'blems' became higher priced than other brands 'new' bullets.
I'm truly grateful for the generous offer. Since this is just a 30-30 I will probably sort out any bad pockets, doubt there are many. I'm more just ranting since Ive had issues in 2 other cartridges I started with Nosler. New virgin 223 brass was splitting vertically in the case body, mild loads first time firing. They wouldn't take them back and of course suggested my load was over pressure. I switched to Starline brass cause its affordable and easily sourced, those cases are very consistent, much higher quality at half the cost. The 280ai Nosler brass (very expensive) was least problematic but I noticed inconsistent neck thickness and unfired case lengths varied I had to trim virgin brass just starting out (advertised "ready to load" on the box), then after firing then resizing I would measure case length to trim and nothing was parallel the rim edges were like a pringle chip. I didn't need to trim the length yet but other than to level off the case rim. Not a huge deal but I switched to Peterson brass over it. Peterson brass was my first experience with true quality brass. Right out of the box all the cases weighed virtually the same, length all the same. Considerably heavier than Nosler and thus less case volume in the Peterson brass I had to back off my load and start over but several firings on each Peterson case and they all stay consistent.
My situation is I don't shoot the ol 30-30 much anymore. I might take it out deer hunting every few years if hunting a timber stand. I have about 100 Nosler brass pieces, I doubt many will have the bad primer pockets. Those 100pcs will reload many times, I probably have more than I will use as well.
Could be both, by eye I cant tell. Caliper tips arent the proper way to measure the pocket location but opposites sides are .137 and .162", roughly .035" offset. Rotate in a V groove it becomes really obvious but cant tell if the flash hole is moving obround so probably on center... close enough.
Ive loaded these a few times now but only now noticed the offset primer strike, wish I had taken a pick but it was super obvious. Inspecting the rest of the cases Ive been working with none are off, by eye anyways. I dont think Im going to worry about this in a 30-30 but just not happy with Nosler quality and just sharing a first and odd discovery to me, never thought to inspect pocket position.
I agree. I have shot some really decent groups with some really uncentered flash holes. (GFL, Fiocchi, Perfecta .223 Rem). I don't worry about it. Now, if I was shooting a bench rest gun that was capable of 1/4 MOA, then I guess I would spend the money on Lapua or Peterson. But for MOA neighborhood, LC, R-P, Win, Norma, Frontier seems fine.
Oh I'd say when they decided to start making this and that with the 'Nosler' name on it and started catering to, shall we say, the the 'golf cart gun owners' well, then the prices had to match the 'attitude'.
