Had a case split in two, primer was flat like a pancake, primer pocket is .003” over the primer size.
Story. Picked up 500 rounds of “reman” ammo couple years back. Have shot few dozen rounds fine.
Went to plink some of it the other day. Had a round click no bang. Extracted it and no mark on primer, tried that same round again and same thing. Set it aside and loaded a new round, gun worked fine.
Reinserted the bad round, didn’t seat fully, hit the forward assist and it locked in, aimed at target and it fired. But didn’t cycle normally, this partial case was stovepiped in the action, the front half of case was still in the chamber.
No injury, inspected gun, all is well.
AR-15 16” chrome lined barrel.
Carbine gas system.
Standard bcg
Label on box says
“223 REM A-max
Reman range grade”
Disassembled one, the bullet appears to be a vmax, it weighs 54.9 gr.
There is 26 grains of powder.
What does this powder look like?
Freak accident or should I ditch this ammo?
Or do something else?
Remanufacture the remans?
Thanks in advance!
Story. Picked up 500 rounds of “reman” ammo couple years back. Have shot few dozen rounds fine.
Went to plink some of it the other day. Had a round click no bang. Extracted it and no mark on primer, tried that same round again and same thing. Set it aside and loaded a new round, gun worked fine.
Reinserted the bad round, didn’t seat fully, hit the forward assist and it locked in, aimed at target and it fired. But didn’t cycle normally, this partial case was stovepiped in the action, the front half of case was still in the chamber.
No injury, inspected gun, all is well.
AR-15 16” chrome lined barrel.
Carbine gas system.
Standard bcg
Label on box says
“223 REM A-max
Reman range grade”
Disassembled one, the bullet appears to be a vmax, it weighs 54.9 gr.
There is 26 grains of powder.
What does this powder look like?
Freak accident or should I ditch this ammo?
Or do something else?
Remanufacture the remans?
Thanks in advance!