Any other "BAD" brass cases to avoid (any caliber) besides stepped 9mm

[Dan_69GTX]

So, sorting range brass yesterday and I got to thinking - what other things should I be looking for when sorting brass cases to decide if it is scrap?

Not talking about missing primer, bulges, cracks, etc - talking about design flaws - such as the stepped 9mm junk or berdan primers

Before someone states about avoiding steel and aluminum, that would already been taken care of since I'm asking about brass cases.   

[anonymouscuban]

Brass with crimped primers. Unless your press can handle them.



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[steel]

Toss any brass with the head stamp AMERC.

[eastman]

Toss any brass with the head stamp AMERC.

what is the issue with these?

[steel]

I run all my 9MM reloads through a Dillon case gauge before using them in practice or competition.  I have never been able to get the 9MM brass with this head stamp to gauge consistently.  Way too many rejects.  I got to the point where I sort by head stamp and cull all the AMERC brass and stepped cases.

[George16]

Xtreme makes brass coated steel cases. It looks like regular brass cases but it’s actually steel. The only way to find out is by running a magnet through your brass pile to pick them out.

[Dan_69GTX]

Xtreme makes brass coated steel cases. It looks like regular brass cases but it’s actually steel. The only way to find out is by running a magnet through your brass pile to pick them out.

True - I do that (run a magnet through) as I'm sorting cases and have a magnet on the tube from the case feeder.  Thanks.

[Dan_69GTX]

Brass with crimped primers. Unless your press can handle them.

Nice pic - thanks!

[Dan_69GTX]

Toss any brass with the head stamp AMERC.

Good to know - I don't know if I've ever run across this brass.  What caliber does this head stamp come in?

[Wobbly]

Stepped cases...

[Tok36]

^^ Those look allot like the cases that i got from Freedom Munitions a few years back.

[eastman]

I run all my 9MM reloads through a Dillon case gauge before using them in practice or competition.  I have never been able to get the 9MM brass with this head stamp to gauge consistently.  Way too many rejects.  I got to the point where I sort by head stamp and cull all the AMERC brass and stepped cases.

thanks for the clarification

[Dan_69GTX]

So other than stepped cases as I mentioned in my first post the only other brass case to be wary of is the one with "AMERC" headstamp.  Doing a google search it appears others have issues with the "AMERC" cases as well.

Thanks to all who responded.

[Wobbly]

Maybe another warning that not all steel cases are Russian green with Berdan primers.

Here's some "brass" S&B cases my magnet picked up...




Obviously they are brass plated steel, but without a magnet you'd never know. In my ignorance I had already dry tumbled them twice and reloaded these once !! Now a magnet is fitted to my case feeder so that each case has to pass near it to get into the loading que. Since then a third case has appeared.

The more devious they get, the smarter we need to be.

[Dan_69GTX]

Wobbly,  You should sell those magnets at matches - being able to pick up brass cases and leave the dirt behind would net you a lot of $$$.  When it picks up the obvious steel cases - just tell them it is a design flaw in the magnet and it will be fixed in version 2.0!