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Open Notices Your Bulge owo Whats up with these cases?

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Zepster

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Was digging through range brass and noticed all of these cases with odd bulges in them. What's causing this? Are they worth reloading or should I just pitch them?
I sized the one on the farthest right just to see what happened and it squished back into shape.
They're all Aguila headstamp, but seem to have been fired from different guns.
 

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look like the classic "glock bulge" from pre 2000 Glocks. I'd toss them for sure it's never bad to sort out suspect range brass.
 
someone gone too happy with the Dremel tool to "improve" feeding. Unsupported chamber. Full case length resize is required. But the brass has already been stressed, after resize, good chance for case separation in a good chamber or blow out in less than perfect chamber support. I would personally throw them in the metal recycling.
 
Scrap them. Only ones I have had a bulge was my Glock 20. One testing loads other was armscor brass.

If you use armscor brass it is weak for reloads even with medium loads
 
This is California. Can't you identify the previous owner via the headstamp? Ask our gov't to find this poor soul and alert him/her of their potentially dangerous issue.

/sarcasm

*suggest to ikeo that an addition of the Comic Sans font would be helpful ;)
 
Lets see the primers. Are they all Glock struck? Either way, I’d toss those out
Funny enough, none of them appeared to be Glock struck. Every single one is Aguila, and some have been picked up weeks apart from each other. So its likely coming from the same dude.
 
Funny enough, none of them appeared to be Glock struck. Every single one is Aguila, and some have been picked up weeks apart from each other. So it’s likely coming from the same dude.
Could those be the ranges reloads? That’s my suspicion.
 
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