Factory hornady 223 possibly over pressure?

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I was sighting in a savage model 11 in 223 using hornady 55 grain v-max factory ammo. The primers of shot rounds had pushed back level with the case and created a small lip around where the firing pin hit the primer. Also the brass showed signs where the bolt head had marked the head of the case. The mark was large enough that if it was on the part of the case where it said 223 it would make the writing unreadable.

I had no extraction issues with any of the shells fired that displayed these symptoms?

Are they over pressure and should I send them back to hornady?
 
I was firing Hornady .338 Lapua in a Savage rifle (not mine :( ) and the bolt had to be tapped with a screwdriver handle to extract the shell. Guy said Hornady ammo was really bad for being hotter than any other brand.

I've also heard that Hornady brass is on the soft side so combine that with max or over pressure and you can have issues. As far as I know that is how all Hornady ammo is though so it may not be a defect.

If you have an extra tight chamber you can also turn near max pressure loads into over pressure loads due to the tolerances.
 
I used Hornady exclusively for many years in my Savage .270, until two years ago when I bought 3 boxes of fresh ammo for hunting season and they all would bind up the bolt after firing.
Several required more than modest taps on the bolt handle to release. All other brands functioned just fine.
Soft brass I guess ??
 
I'm wondering, if you have access to a chrony, would checking out the MV help solve the riddle ? See if the MV you're getting approximates the one posted (presumably) on the box.
 
I recently shot some winchester new .22-250 white box ammo, (45 gr) and the primers cratered ALOT, more than any other time with any other ammo or rifle I've ever shot.
They claim 4000f/s (obviously using a 26" proof barrel) but still, I don't have any recipes in any of my reloading books that can make 4000 f/s with a 45gr bullet in a .22-250. (close mind you at 3900 f/s) Any chance that ammo is a little warm too?
 
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Hornady did have some recalls on some lot numbers for different calibers for over pressure issues (only know as I had come across some recalled .500S&W)
 
I had some Hornady .223 Ammo about this time last year (was bought about 1.5 years before that) which blew the primers right off the brass. Gummed up my rifle pretty badly until I was able to pick them out with dentist tools. Luckily no permanent damage to my rifle
 
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