#6133509 - 02/04/12 04:26 PM
Lake City Brass Failure Question
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Was shooting one of my target rifles this evening & had a case failure. The odd thing is that the case split in the extractor groove , this is not a longitudinal split , this is also not a typical case head separation. This is a circumferential split in what SHOULD be solid case head. Has anyone seen this happen ? This is 2006 manufacture Lake City brass.
Mike
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#6133618 - 02/04/12 04:49 PM
Re: Lake City Brass Failure Question
[Re: memilanuk]
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I saw appx the same probably 15 years ago on a piece of WW brass.
Just a flaw in a piece of brass more than likely, that one in a million kind of thing.
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#6133633 - 02/04/12 04:52 PM
Re: Lake City Brass Failure Question
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Not a very good picture but here it is ;  Mike
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#6133913 - 02/04/12 05:53 PM
Re: Lake City Brass Failure Question
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Yep thats amost exactly what I saw years ago.
IIRC I heard of another over the years, but IIRC I was thinking issue ammo to a military team shooter, most likely FC in that instance.
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#6133932 - 02/04/12 05:57 PM
Re: Lake City Brass Failure Question
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one in a million kind of thing. I'm just lucky I guess Mike
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#6154312 - 02/09/12 03:26 PM
Re: Lake City Brass Failure Question
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flaw in the brass cup they drew it down from I'd say. Buy some lotto tickets... grins...
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#6154392 - 02/09/12 03:48 PM
Re: Lake City Brass Failure Question
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Much as I would like to think that is just a 1 in a million anomaly I no longer trust that batch of ammo. I have about 200-250 rounds that I'm gonna pull the bullets from & scrap the brass.
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#6156446 - 02/10/12 06:17 AM
Re: Lake City Brass Failure Question
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If I really needed 223 brass I'd take your scrap in a heartbeat... THats how much I'd trust it personally to be a singular flaw.
First ever Zeiss scope I bought was faulty....
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