This happened at the FOD match yesterday, I shot two rounds, wasn’t able to close my bolt, jacked the live round out, and finished the stage to find this… was this just old brass or perhaps another issue?
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SubscribeI have seen this happen before annealing was wide spread, metal fatigue. I have just thrown away 50 cartridges that displayed a swollen base and wouldn't slide easily into my new match chamber. If you have new why risk a problem at a match"That brass doesn’t look right. It looks green. Is that just the photo?
This.If your brass is 20 years old with 10 reloads on it then maybe you should anneal it to make the necks softer so they don’t split.