Reloads

the question is this, after reading the response.....you find that you split the case during reloading....after you have resized...reprimed...repowdered....seat and crimped the bullet....do you toss it or go to the trouble of pulling saving the powder

or do you find the split before you reprime , repowder, seat and crimp
 
OK, screwy idea just came to me. Why not set the case aside and when you have a few, silver solder the crack together again. After all, we're talking about $.14 per case! :-)
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I would have to agree, sort of a screwy idea.
Alloys that melt between 180 and 190 °C (360 and 370 °F; 450 and 460 K) are the most commonly used. Soldering performed using alloys with a melting point above 450 °C (840 °F; 720 K) is called "hard soldering", "silver soldering", or brazing.
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Going to get a little toasty on those cases. :)

Ron
 
With 44mag cases that split I chop em off and turn them into 44 special cases. 223 with split necks fet made into 300bo.

Everything else gets pulled down and chucked.
 
I reject the round....pull bullet, reclaim powder...reclaim primer ...and toss the brass case in the brass recycling tub( to go to local brass recycler )....I get about $0.90 to $1.00 a lb ..price flucuates. I go to recycler when I get about 150 lbs...

( I catch these rounds before I get to the range by case gauging every round before I box them up ).
 
Roashooter,

If the round is already loaded and it is a rifle cartridge with a bottleneck case, and if you load it singly and not from the magazine, it probably won't do any direct damage to fire it. Worst case, the split grows down and then around the neck and you wind up with the back of the case ejecting and leaving the rest inside. You should then be able to push the rest out with a cleaning rod, though occasionally it requires a broken case extractor to get hold of it well.

The main problem is you just can't expect the bullet pull and therefore the start pressure to match the rounds that are not split. The round pressure will probably peak a little low and the bullet will get out of the muzzle a little late and may not group with the others. This is also the reason not to feed it from a magazine, as the bullet may get pushed deeper into the case by feeding forces, raising pressure rather than lowering it. These are the main reasons for taking split case out of circulation.
 
"...Take them to the local scrap yard..." Cost you more in gas than you'll get.
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The local Walmart I visit about twice a week happens to be just in front of a salvage yard. I keep a bucket into which I deposit any scrap brass that I develop in my hand loading process. The bucket weighs nearly 40 lbs. at this point...spent primers and split cases. The scrap brass rate today was .90 per lb. That comes out to about 36 bucks...not a waste of gas money inasmuch as it will not take a special trip.
 
Like others: The round is a nogo. Pull bullet for target reload, reclaim powder to be used in the wife's rose garden. Reclaim primer and use for target ammo. Add the brass case to the brass recycling bin (it will go to local brass recycler).

I use spent powder cans for spent primers and bad brass. When I five bottles I will scrounge up all the other metal that needs to go to the recycle place and even hit my neighbors. I usually do this once a year. It is good for $30-40.
 
In my post I asked what others will do with a split case.....

You are not doing a good job of reloading if you find a split neck after the round has been loaded.
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This response....really sums it up.

I reload ...a lot ...use cases till they do split..(or the primer pocket goes bad)..I find them after shooting...when resizing...when flaring...and I toss them...

I use a single stage press and it gives me the quality control I want.

I want the best ammo... patience and attention to detail will provide.

Most of the split cases I find are after the belling/flaring of the brass...and get tossed.

So when I see the loading sequence of turret or progressive presses....I see that the brass is resized-deprimed-reprimed....and the belling of the case takes place at the same time as the powder drop. I just wanted to see how many find this loss of primers...sometimes bullets-powder...just for the sake of expediency. I know we are talking mere pennies...but it seems to me that many accept this as acceptable.

I rather get it right the first time..and not go through the time and effort to salvage the components...after a split case is found.
 
After cleaning the cases your looking for splits , when cleaning a lot of brass You could miss some , I don't reload large quantities at a time , 50 cases of 45 acp or 30 cases of 308 so splits are much easier for me to find.before I go any further.
 
Talking revolver cases. If I catch a lip split while reloading, it is tossed in the trash. Otherwise it gets shot. No biggie. Remember all the case is, is a convenient way of holding all the components together. The cylinder walls, handle all the pressure (or the barrel in a Pistol).
 
roashooter wrote:
...what do you do when you find a round with a split casing neck?
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Into the recycling bucket.

Once you have 20 or 30 years experience with straight-wall pistol cases you will be able to judge whether or not a tiny split near the mouth is just from local cold working of the brass where it was crimped into the bullet and thus safe for "one more ride", but until you have accumulated that experience, just be safe and pitch it.

Mouth splits and Neck splits in bottleneck cartridges are another matter entirely in my opinion and I don't give them a second look before they are on their way to the smelter.
 
Pull the bullet. Save the powder. Remove the primer for future use. Smack the case with a hammer (8 oz. ball peen is preferred) and toss it into the scrap bucket (or if you're not saving scrap brass, throw it in the trash)...K.I.S.S.
 
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