Thread: safe to reload ?

Assuming it chambers okay, I would probably load it as a subsonic Trailboss load to fireform it, but that is one of my regular loads.
On the other hand, I might decide it's worth at most $2 and chuck it in the bin, or use it as a dummy round for setting the seating die.

That aparrent ring at the base is probably where the case head protrudes from the chamber, a slight polished line sometimes occurs there because the portion in the chamber is pressed smooth and the rest of the base isn't. Ive only seen on rimless cases as rimmed case headspace on the rim so the entire case is inside the chamber.

As said for a couple of bucks i might retire it. Cheers everyone

Hey @cookie can you throw up a photo of the base of that cartridge. To me it looks like a bit of light play from your fingertips cause it to look like a bulge at the base.
Nice to have another look from a different angle or just the cartridge standing.
Cheers

Originally Posted by Sideshow

Hey @cookie can you throw up a photo of the base of that cartridge. To me it looks like a bit of light play from your fingertips cause it to look like a bulge at the base.
Nice to have another look from a different angle or just the cartridge standing.
Cheers

My thoughts also, its a bad picture.

Top man thanks

Originally Posted by cookie

My thoughts also, its a bad picture.Attachment 125370

Just load it the dent will blow out.
You can get them from too much lube.

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Load and shoot no problem.

the light can really play tricks sometimes

Greetings Cookie,
I have created my share of lube dents over the years but none that looked quite like that. Generally the lube dents do not go past the shoulder. I had seen photographs of dents like yours and after a short search found them in the Speer No 9 Manual. Speer called them shoulder collapses, caused when powder gasses get past the case neck due to the neck not sealing in the chamber. Speer noted that the problem was mainly in magnum cases with light loads of slow powders but I guess it could happen with smaller cases in similar circumstances. A hard neck could aggravate the problem. If the case came out of the chamber looking like that then it is a shoulder collapse and a change to the powder and load may be needed. If it happened in the die then it is the mother of all lube dents. In any case I would retire the case to my interesting brass box as you may never see another.
Regards Grandpamac.