i had an opportunity to pick up a couple thousand brass at a Canadian Ranger shoot but was told by pretty much by everyone there to stay away from it.
even the reg force guys turned their noses up at it.
they all said they would not trust it for reloading.
thoughts?
i understand there could be some crimped primer pockets but would the brass be that bad?
i can go grab a head stamp brand if that helps.
Pretty much going to depend on how sloppy the chamber was that each was shot in.
Some guns will show signs of case separation beginning, on the first firing, others not at all.
I wasn't over enamored with .303 back when $25 would buy you one fit to use, and surplus ammo was still pretty available. Pretty much all I would pick up the brass for is to pound it through gaskets to cut bolt holes. YMMV, obviously. If you have a use for it, grab it.
The cartridge is from an earlier era when case and chamber dimensions were expected to be further apart, and the experiences in the trenches with mud everywhere, made a sloppy chamber for feeding, a good thing.
If you reload the stuff, have a good look at each case before you start, cull mercilessly, and once the cases have been fired in your gun, try not to work the cases too much, mainly size the neck if you can, just enough to chamber easily in your rifle. It is all pretty dependent upon paying close attention to the cases for impending separation, and not working the case or resizing, more than you must. If your rifle happens to crank the base sideways a bit on firing, well, ya do what ya gotta do, and accept that there will be losses after few reloads, otherwise carry on as if you are normal, eh?
Nothing wrong with the brass, like as not, just not that many guys looking to reload a bunch of it these days compared to more modern ammo.
Cheers
Trev
