Broken casing- just cheap ammo or something else?

**rm06** · 08-25-14, 20:09

This happened to my brother as well, same AE223 ammo, same 07 Lake City brass. I kept the case:

**John Henry** · 08-25-14, 20:57

I guess I need to take a closer look at all my brass from that day and see if there's any more Lake City mixed in it. I'll report back.

**cemoulton** · 08-25-14, 21:41

Originally Posted by rm06

This happened to my brother as well, same AE223 ammo, same 07 Lake City brass. I kept the case:

this case has been reloaded. the primer crimp has been swagged.

or maybe i'm going blind.

**John Henry** · 08-25-14, 22:05

Ok, so I just looked through a bunch of the brass I picked up that day. The vast majority is labeled 'F C' like this:

I did find two more Lake City shells, but I'm now convinced I picked those and the broken one up accidentally. I had another unopened 100 round value box of the Federal, bought on the same day with the same lot number. I went through it and there were no Lake City shells in the box. All of them were labeled F C like in the picture.

So barring any other plot twists, this case is closed for me. I just picked up the wrong shells.

Thanks for all the help.

**.46caliber** · 08-25-14, 22:18

Originally Posted by cemoulton

this case has been reloaded. the primer crimp has been swagged.

or maybe i'm going blind.

The annealing discoloration is also mostly gone if visible at all.

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**markm** · 08-26-14, 08:49

Originally Posted by cemoulton

this case has been reloaded. the primer crimp has been swagged.

or maybe i'm going blind.

Nope. That's someone's old reloaded brass that just let go. Not a big deal. This happens from time to time.

**tommyrott** · 08-26-14, 19:47

I think also if it had occurred with your gun it would have been a memorable enough event that you wouldn't be wondering where it came from. mine was mitigated by another round loading but not going to battery, so rack it out press on, when we policed brass found the broken front half on the front of a live round. others I have observed with this issue have had it tie the gun up and carry on with broken shell extractors or cleaning brush with a 27 cal brush in place after the chamber has cooled

**markm** · 08-26-14, 19:50

Yep. I've had all of those happen to me over the years. Probably 5 different times. Usually the primer pocket is toast before the case will separate... so it's somewhat rare if your sizing die is set right.