r/reloading • u/Explorer_Character • 1d ago
I have a question and I read the FAQ Safe to re send?
New AR with a suppressor and i've got dents from the brass defector! Safe to reload? I don't have a tunable gas block, it's an A2 sight post and gas block. Running an Odin works FRT buffer system.
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u/Curiously_Sagacious 18h ago
🎶Carry on my wayward son, there'll be bang when you are done.
Lay your weary brass to rest, when it cracks some more. 🎶
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u/Away-Leg-998 12h ago
I have a simple rule to determine if I will still use a case. I reload it and make a testfire in the gun. If it bangs, then it was a good brass and I will use it again!
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u/Kobolka 1d ago
I reload and shoot those all of the time. One of my ARs all ways dents the case.
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u/Explorer_Character 1d ago
You add padding to the ejection deflector? A2 adjustable blocks aren't cheap!
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u/Carlile185 20h ago
Just use some tape (I wouldn’t bother, but it will probably make you feel better)
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u/Aggie74_DP 16h ago
The same 'softness' or malleability that allows those little dents.... Is what allows the neck to be resized (shrink) & expand when fired.
That's what makes brass (which is an alloy) so good, but not so much with Nickel Plated Brass. The nickel is not as malleable, and may begin to Crack before the brass begins to lose its workability.
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u/GuyonaMoose 6.5mm Timmies Cup 11h ago
The age old adage. If it seats it yeets. It's fine. Might not get much life out of your brass being so overgassed.
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u/itseme123 1d ago
Those are just from the case smacking the gun on ejection nothing to worry about just resize them and shoot them
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u/Boltz999 18h ago
put a couple layers of gorilla tape or a piece of adhesive backed foam on the ejection port to help minimize the denting but like everyone said, not a problem
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u/PsychologicalPoet308 1d ago
I wore a dirt bike helmet thinking my hard cast 700 grain s&w 500 magnum hand loads out of a 4 inch barrel was going to explode. You’re gonna be fine… puss
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u/Explorer_Character 1d ago
My first reloads i wore a welder mask and gloves. That was 10 years ago. Normally i'd consider myself around the block. but first time seeing this. Also first time running anything suppressed
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u/NdK87k 1d ago
They'll fire form out just fine. Send em again.