Quote Originally Posted by newcastle View Post
looking at the picture above - the two cartridges on teh right have a shiny area above the head, more noticeable on teh right hand case. Is this where the case has stretched and is this super bad? I've noticed this on alot of my cases.
newcastle

Below is another example of once fired brass, the Prvi Partizan case on the left has a larger base diameter and the case walls are .010 thicker than ANY presently made .303 case. The case on the right is a military Greek HXP case it has a smaller base diameter and the case wall thickness is .010 less than the Greek HXP.



Please note that neither of these two cases stretched or thinned in the base web area when fired. The Prvi case did not stretch due to its larger base diameter and case wall thickness, and the Greek HXP case did not stretch due to higher quality brass.

The Winchester case below failed after three neck sizings, it is a shame but company profits are the bottom line in todays world and neither Winchester or Remington are producing ammunition at any of our American munitions depots.



ATK now produces small arms ammunition at our American Lake City Depot, if I remember correctly Remington is now owned by a Frenchicon company and Winchester belongs to General Dynamics weapons division. Money talks and quality walks..............





The bottom line here is you can not always judge your cases by outward appearance.