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<blockquote data-quote="Starlite" data-source="post: 1838571" data-attributes="member: 112246"><p>Yep I'd believe that. I recently bought some .223 Rem brass from bass pro ( 2 box of 50) I had 1 split neck and several with dented shoulders. They didn't even look Annealed. I called Hornady with both; my safety concerns and my displeasure with their product. Cant Say I felt very supported but was assured they were indeed annealed and safe to use. So I proceeded to load them for some general velocity #s but mainly to FF to the new Rem 700 with heavy 26" barrel. Well this was a disaster and only left me with more questions then answers. Of the first 10 rds (IIR) I had 9 misfires. At that point I packed up and went angrily on my way home. So after disassembling the remaining bullets I felt that the powder and primers were fine. Just to be sure I reloaded the powder and primer into a piece of IVI brass and covered it with the same 55gr VMAX To the same CBTO. I Went to the woods and attempted a firing. It Worked like a charm. At this time I felt that it had to be the brass; wasn't quite sure what. I say this because split necks and dented shoulders are soft and hard brass issues (as I see it). I called Hornady and this time spoke to someone who was definitely interested in talking and assisting me with my perceived brass issue. After providing all the COAL, CBTO, CBTD and the depths of the primers of the new unfired and the one piece of fire formed brass we had determined two things. First determined my head space was 3.5 thou and it was well within "Sammy" spec. So not likely the cause. Second I had several light primer strikes. According to the Hornady rep. My seated primers were 3 thou below surface and certainly within proper depths. I was pleased to hear that according to hornady they preach that primers should be seated from 5-8 thou and suggest using federal gold match primers and that I should replace my Remington 700 firing pin spring. </p><p>So at the end of the day without getting my brass to hornady they can't make a definitive reason for my issues. </p><p>It is worth stating that I also provided info that I had from the Lapua brass that also was new brass and that I had no issues whatsoever. I did tell him that I had no interest in getting compensation as I wasn't fully convinced that the brass was defective. However. I did state that I'd lost some faith in their product. He said he was going to ensure that I receive some new brass. I'm still watching and waiting.</p><p> I apologize for the photos. Poor quality.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Starlite, post: 1838571, member: 112246"] Yep I’d believe that. I recently bought some .223 Rem brass from bass pro ( 2 box of 50) I had 1 split neck and several with dented shoulders. They didn’t even look Annealed. I called Hornady with both; my safety concerns and my displeasure with their product. Cant Say I felt very supported but was assured they were indeed annealed and safe to use. So I proceeded to load them for some general velocity #s but mainly to FF to the new Rem 700 with heavy 26” barrel. Well this was a disaster and only left me with more questions then answers. Of the first 10 rds (IIR) I had 9 misfires. At that point I packed up and went angrily on my way home. So after disassembling the remaining bullets I felt that the powder and primers were fine. Just to be sure I reloaded the powder and primer into a piece of IVI brass and covered it with the same 55gr VMAX To the same CBTO. I Went to the woods and attempted a firing. It Worked like a charm. At this time I felt that it had to be the brass; wasn’t quite sure what. I say this because split necks and dented shoulders are soft and hard brass issues (as I see it). I called Hornady and this time spoke to someone who was definitely interested in talking and assisting me with my perceived brass issue. After providing all the COAL, CBTO, CBTD and the depths of the primers of the new unfired and the one piece of fire formed brass we had determined two things. First determined my head space was 3.5 thou and it was well within “Sammy” spec. So not likely the cause. Second I had several light primer strikes. According to the Hornady rep. My seated primers were 3 thou below surface and certainly within proper depths. I was pleased to hear that according to hornady they preach that primers should be seated from 5-8 thou and suggest using federal gold match primers and that I should replace my Remington 700 firing pin spring. So at the end of the day without getting my brass to hornady they can’t make a definitive reason for my issues. It is worth stating that I also provided info that I had from the Lapua brass that also was new brass and that I had no issues whatsoever. I did tell him that I had no interest in getting compensation as I wasn’t fully convinced that the brass was defective. However. I did state that I’d lost some faith in their product. He said he was going to ensure that I receive some new brass. I’m still watching and waiting. I apologize for the photos. Poor quality. [/QUOTE]
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