Would you load these?

[TDH]

I have some Hornady 338 Lapua cases. I am very new to reloading bottleneck rifle cases and have for the most part used new brass or once fired brass that I have fired. I have been reloading handgun rounds for a long time, but large caliber cases like the 338 make me a little more cautious and I'm already pretty anal.

With handgun rounds if they are dinged up I just toss them. The 338 brass is a lot more expensive. I attached a video of 3 cases. The first has a little ding in the side of the case and the second two have a partially crushed case mouth.

They look a little worse in person than they do in the video. I'm just wondering if I'm wasting cash tossing the cases.

I'm sure there is a thread similar to this but my google foo didn't find anything.

Thanks
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[USMCj]

Re: Would you load these?

If you are taling about the dents and dings on the mouth, just iron them out with a sizer and load away. The rest will iron out when you shoot them.

So yes you are wasting money trowing them away.

 

[Lt. Arclight]

Re: Would you load these?

Yep, just run them through a resizing die and load them.

 

[C.Hazelton]

Re: Would you load these?

Absolutely I would. If you want, use a tapered punch to round out the necks, then full length size as usual. Little dents in case won't hurt, they will blow right out. I might be concerned if the cases or mouths were creased, but I have reloaded worse looking cases.

 

[tomme boy]

Re: Would you load these?

Nothing 65K psi wont take care of. Load them and shoot them.

 

[TDH]

Re: Would you load these?

Thanks for the info guys. Going from reloading handgun on a progressive to rifle on a single stage has prompted me to ask several newbie questions. I like to be sure, then double check, and double check again

 

[Crazy Dog ll]

Re: Would you load these?

Toss them my way, I'll pay for the shipping....

 

[balkandom]

Re: Would you load these?

Like CVH said-round out the necks, size them and load them, they'll be fine.

 

[Kinsman]

Re: Would you load these?

Looks like you might need to hit the casemouth with a deburr tool after sizing.
I know that might sound like something of an obvious step, but you maybe be new ......

 

[desertHK]

Re: Would you load these?

Nope. I think you should send them to me for disposal. Hell, I even pay for shipping. J/K. Like everyone said, a short run through the sizer and they are GTG.