I just received a lot of military brass from an acquaintence for reloading and upon initial inspection I noted that it appears to have been trimmed with some kind of power trimmer and the necks look a little short. At least it doesn't look the same as my brass does from my Lyman manual trimmer.
So I took some measurements and it is all over the place. I got measurements from 1.720 to 1.745. My Lyman guide says trim-to-length is 1.750. I can verify with certainty that this is once fired brass, it has military headstamps and has been deprimed, sized and trimmed. Primer pocket crimp has also been removed.
My question is: Is this brass ok to reload? or is it just scrap in the bucket. I have reloaded brass that I have trimmed short before with no trouble at all, but I only trimmed it short by a few thousandths (not .020 or .030 over). I really hate to throw it all out but I will if it would be unsafe. Thanks for any input.
So I took some measurements and it is all over the place. I got measurements from 1.720 to 1.745. My Lyman guide says trim-to-length is 1.750. I can verify with certainty that this is once fired brass, it has military headstamps and has been deprimed, sized and trimmed. Primer pocket crimp has also been removed.
My question is: Is this brass ok to reload? or is it just scrap in the bucket. I have reloaded brass that I have trimmed short before with no trouble at all, but I only trimmed it short by a few thousandths (not .020 or .030 over). I really hate to throw it all out but I will if it would be unsafe. Thanks for any input.