Is This AR Brass Safe to Reload??

[LTP90]

So I have a relatively new AR and it seems to be beating up the Brass 98 percent of the time. I want to reload, but I am concerned about reloading the brass with the dings in them. Wanted the experts to tell me what they thought about this, and whether the ding will just fire form out if I run a light load through my gun or if it would be unsafe.

[lpspinner]

It's completely unsafe, give them to me and I'll dispose of them for you.


You kinda answered your own question. Yep, they are safe to reload, you should get at least 4-5 good reloads from them. Just do a FL resize and shoot away.

[XDRoX]

Yep. Best way to remove dents is to shoot 'em.

[damndave]

Those aren't dinged up that bad. Should be perfectly fine to reload.

[gunnerstuff]

Yes, seems minor from the pictures. I've reloaded and fired worse looking. Wait till you try fire forming 50 DTC from BMG brass. That gets your attention, some serious brass stretching involved there.

[OldShooter32]

Load em normally and fire away. The dents will be gone! No need to shoot a reduced load in those.

[joelogic]

Had to double check me?

[kurac]

When you resize them, they will get reduced by at least 50%, the scratches on the neck are from a burr on the locking spline, as the case gets dragged out of the chamber, the ejector pushes it off the the right and it will drag along the lock splines thus causing the scratches. If you reload that brass enough, the scratch can result in a split. You will want to sand down those sharp edges so it doesn't happen anymore.

[ireload]

You are good to go. When you see splits or cracks on the neck then toss them