R.P. 30/40 Krag Brass Flash Hole

[Texasflyboy]

What puzzles me is that this brass has been fired at least 5 times in my 30/40 Krag Sporter Carbine and even tho the flash hole is way off center, I've managed to sucessfully decap it those 5 times and not deform the hole or break the de-capping pin.

Pays to check your brass every once in a while....:-?

http://hgmould.gunloads.com/b/3040.jpg

[RayinNH]

Seems their punching machine could use some adjusting...Ray

[Bret4207]

Some brass I've sectioned has a funnel like shape where the hole is punched. Maybe that's how the pin gets in there.

FWIW- Sometime back in Precision Shooting or one of the other "tech" mags they did a test and found no difference between off center primer holes and centered. Same for "uniformed" holes.

[Shiloh]

That is the worst one I have seen. How many do you have?? Are they from the same lot??

Shiloh

[scb]

That's the sort of thing that made me give up on Remington brass. I've had flash holes not just off center, but way over sized as well. I had a bunch of 45 acp brass that, after being run thru my RCBS carbide sizer, a .452 diameter bullet would still drop to the bottom of the case. I've not been impressed with their quality.

[Shiloh]

Remington .30/40 Krag brass is a good bit shorter than Winchester brass.

Shiloh