There will be, but since it's happening just once in awhile, looking at the brass won't provide much information unless you find one of the few empties that caused the problem.I would think there would be evidence on the head face.
So something changed during your last shooting session.I am pretty sure they were not there the last time I cleaned it.
I feel safe in saying that nothing in the metal of the breechface is spontaneously pushing out bits of metal and leaving pits, which means it's the ammunition.The reloads I shoot through this firearm are all the same. I have been using the load data for quite a while. Only thing that varies is brass. I use S&B LPP.
Any suggestions on what might be causing these pits? The slide is from a Ruger SR45.
I would say that during your last shooting session, something like 10-15 rounds leaked gas around the primer. Which means that unless you shot only a very small number of rounds, probably the majority of the rounds you fired were normal.
Forgive my ignorance as I don’t reload, but it really only takes 10-15 rounds to cause this kind of damage?
Because the pits are mostly spread out, it makes sense that each of the isolated pits was the result of a single incident.Forgive my ignorance as I don’t reload, but it really only takes 10-15 rounds to cause this kind of damage?