dbletap_ed Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 At the range today shooting my JP15 off of the bench I had a case split. The load was in a once fired LC case which I processed from purchase as once fired from a very reliable source. It is from a large batch I purchased before the panic stated and is toward the end of the supply and is the first issue. The load was a 77gr SMK in front of 24.3 grs of TAC. The split was length wise starting 0.2" from the case head and extended for 0.4”. I sectioned the case 0.4” from the case head to look to see if the case had a thin spot. Next to the crack the case is 0.025” thick and at 180 deg from the split it is 0.030” thick. Should I chalk this up as single bad case or does anyone see an issue I am missing? Thanks Ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve RA Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 I'd guess it was just a defect in that particular case since you state you haven't had similar problems with the rest of the brass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outerlimits Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 BTDT. Remember, some LC cases came from machine guns. Those can really stretch cases and lead to seps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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