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[Camelfilter]

And that's exactly why you don't shoot someone else's handloads. Honestly, I don't know if anything else in the bucket will be usable. Even the ones I haven't tossed aside yet all have issues. Flattened and concave primers. If resized at all, no lube was used. Shoulders and necks are stretched. If I use any of this brass, I'm gonna have to undo what's been done and start from the ground up.

Attempted to prime without swageing crimps. Yikes...

 

[HighlandLofts]

Toss it and Chuck it up for experience.
If you've be in to reloading for very long you will get bad purchases at some point.

 

[orygun]

Toss it and Chuck it up for experience.
If you've be in to reloading for very long you will get bad purchases at some point.

I bought some ammo a long time ago from a member here. The meetup was kinda sketchy and the ammo was in a large ziplock bag. (no pictures in the ad)
Lead bullet/mixed brass reloads.
They are still in the bag. Not worth my time to mess with them yet. I'll save that for a "retirement project".

 

[Local Loader]

My mistake today: traded for "ready to load" primed brass. Seems like a nice kid and doesn't know anything about reloading and just happened to come across this bucket. He even kicked me $20 back upon initial inspection, but it's way worse in this bucket than I thought. 6 out of 26 pounds look like this or worse:
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I should've just left it alone.

Yeah that is definitely not the definition of ready to load.

 

[oremike]

My mistake today: traded for "ready to load" primed brass. Seems like a nice kid and doesn't know anything about reloading and just happened to come across this bucket. He even kicked me $20 back upon initial inspection, but it's way worse in this bucket than I thought. 6 out of 26 pounds look like this or worse:
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I should've just left it alone.

Looks like you bought somebody's "gut bucket" of rejects.

 

[Bobbygun]

And that's exactly why you don't shoot someone else's handloads. Honestly, I don't know if anything else in the bucket will be usable. Even the ones I haven't tossed aside yet all have issues. Flattened and concave primers. If resized at all, no lube was used. Shoulders and necks are stretched. If I use any of this brass, I'm gonna have to undo what's been done and start from the ground up.

"What can be, unburdened by what has been."

(I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I couldn't help myself.)

Seriously though - THAT AIN'T FUNNY

 

[nammac]

"What can be, unburdened by what has been."

(I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I couldn't help myself.)

Seriously though - THAT AIN'T FUNNY

The seller is certainly "unburdened by what has been" and financially enriched by "what could be"…

Leave appropriate feedback for others who may trip down that lane….

 

[2ndtimer]

Yeah that is definitely not the definition of ready to load.

More like "ready to de-prime and take to the recycling company ".

 

[Xaevian]

More like "ready to de-prime and take to the recycling company ".

It was ready to off load

 

[Richo877]

The seller is certainly "unburdened by what has been" and financially enriched by "what could be"…

Leave appropriate feedback for others who may trip down that lane….

I'm giving him the opportunity to make right on the deal. So far he says he's going to.

 

[joken]

And that's exactly why you don't shoot someone else's handloads. Honestly, I don't know if anything else in the bucket will be usable. Even the ones I haven't tossed aside yet all have issues. Flattened and concave primers. If resized at all, no lube was used. Shoulders and necks are stretched. If I use any of this brass, I'm gonna have to undo what's been done and start from the ground up.

That will keep you occupied on these cold wet winter days.

 

[Mono1]

Measure never, cut three times

OK, I Like This ^^^

 

[Mono1]

I'll save that for a "retirement project".

Yeah! I'm doing the Retirement Project stuff now!

 

[Richo877]

Our guy made right on his deal and kept his word for the brass he gave me. I'm going to feel a lot better about it if I have to scrap all of it now.

 

[fstdraw]

What about running it thru the sizing die and wearing safety glasses to punch out the primers? Just a thought if it's not been suggested already.

 

[Richo877]

What about running it thru the sizing die and wearing safety glasses to punch out the primers? Just a thought if it's not been suggested already.

I do plan on trying to save what I can. I'll decap the live primers that are mangled and it looks like I'll have to resize everything anyway. Some that still have decent primers I'll resize without a decapping pin. I'm a little concerned bout the pressure created in the chamber if firing the ones where the shoulders got stretched too much. Still not sure if I'm going to try to load the ones with pancaked and concave primers (if they'll resize right in the first place). A lot of them need to be trimmed too, but I wouldn't start to address that until after I resize it all. Definitely a back- burner project now, I've got plenty of brass steps ahead.

 

[fstdraw]

I know you do!

 

[DLS]

I do plan on trying to save what I can. I'll decap the live primers that are mangled and it looks like I'll have to resize everything anyway. Some that still have decent primers I'll resize without a decapping pin. I'm a little concerned bout the pressure created in the chamber if firing the ones where the shoulders got stretched too much. Still not sure if I'm going to try to load the ones with pancaked and concave primers (if they'll resize right in the first place). A lot of them need to be trimmed too, but I wouldn't start to address that until after I resize it all. Definitely a back- burner project now, I've got plenty of brass steps ahead.

The pancaked primers won't be an issue
Resize them popping out the damaged primer out. If the resized case fits a chamber gauge swedge the primer pockets and load away.

 

[Richo877]

The pancaked primers won't be an issue

You'd load and shoot those ones?

 

[Catfishmoon]

Our guy made right on his deal and kept his word for the brass he gave me. I'm going to feel a lot better about it if I have to scrap all of it now.

I recently took some old, large batteries to a major recycle center in Seattle. While there I inquired about the price they were were paying for brass shell cases, it was approximately $1.80 per pound.