Does this brass look unfired to you????????

[Can Can]

Just received a box of .50 BMG. This was advertised as new unfired ammo. Does this brass look unfired to you guys??????????





Paul

 

[Beretta-Skeet]

What brand/ line is it?

 

[cyclops666]

No, those bulges at the bottom look just like fired brass

 

[Stevebot-7]

Hmm. I have some UMC .223 that has much the same appearance.

For some reason I'm thinking it has something to do with the annealing and/or process of bathing the brass in some sort of chemical.

 

[HammerHeade]

I must say, Fiddy Dents sounds like an excellent name for a southern rapper.

 

[Can Can]

What brand/ line is it?

American Eagle being sold as unfired........

Sure doesn't look unfired to me??????????

Paul

 

[Beretta-Skeet]

Well, he's the product photo they supply. I'm almost certain you have new ammo, just a dirtier batch than normal. That stuff never looks too pretty.

 

[Can Can]

I'm fine with discoloured brass...............it's the dents I'm concerned about.

Paul

 

[bellero]

Isn't it against EE rules to discuss publicly about bad deals!

 

[Can Can]

Didn't purchase these from the EE.

Paul

 

[09outlander]

I have some new AE .223 where some of the cases have dents and scratches in them, almost always on the neck/shoulder area, I think it's the end result of manufacturers trying to pump out as much ammo as quickly as possible and as always quality takes a down turn.

 

[wbaad]

Looks like its annealed. As long as the dents don't perforate or go too deep or sharp it shouldn't be a problem

 

[9.3mauser]

The neck and shoulder area would be sharper, less rounded looking if it had been fired and resized. I wouldn't worry about the dents.

 

[caramel]

The dent make this ammo suspicious, look like a once fired brass to me... JP.

 

[tiriaq]

Dents are from handling.
Doubt very much that the brass is reloaded.

 

[badboybeeson]

Thoses dents could happen from the brass tumbeling around in the big bins at the factory, the only way to tell is if there are any marks on the exstractor area on the brass.
And marks there and its a dead give away, that's said if its mil brass then most of it will have been shot via a BMG and you will see faint ring marks 1/2 way up the body from the links.
The brass most likely was intended form Mil contracts that's been canceled, so who knows?
bbb

 

[ciphery]

No experiance with 50BMG but the privi partizan,PMC and even cheap remington stuff looks rough like that, I've seen cheapp Rem 308w cases with dents on the shoulders.

 

[Andy]

New I'd say.

Once-fired resized would not have dents like that - they look like they were caused by bullet tips like could come from bulk handling. Won't be a concern for firing - they'll smooth out.

 

[Don C]

I was looking at some new unfired 50 BGM yesterday, it looked just like that and I was thinking the same thing.

 

[curseyou]

Look at the rings on the bottom. The cases look stretched and on the march towards incipient head separation. I say fired.