Thursday, October 24, 2013

New Winchester brass

Last week I ordered some new Winchester brass for the 30-40 Krag from Graf and sons.

http://www.grafs.com/retail/catalog/product/productId/19593

They have a warning on their website saying...
Due to the packaging and shipping process, case necks are often slightly dinged or bent and need to be rounded up and sized to give proper neck tension. New and/or fired cases must be full-length resized or have the expander ball of the sizing die run through the case neck prior to loading.

I'm fine with that but this new brass had several pieces with a single deep crimp like gouge on the neck end. One was to the point where it was at least a 3mm crack.

I can't seem to find the really bad one at the moment but here's a picture.

Is this common or should I contact Winchester. or Graf and Sons?

Again these are brand new, never used and straight from the factory.

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