Took my 638 and 642 to the range yesterday. Fired 50 rounds of 158gr LSWC, 3.5 gr Red Dot, WSP primers. Had about 8 squibs. Both guns did it. One finally stuck about half way out of the end of the barrel of the 638 (easy to remove with pliers).

I have determined the culprit to be "many times cycled brass" (I have no idea how many times). Since I have about 400 pcs of this stuff, ............. is there a simple reliable way to determine which cases are no longer useable? And no ..... I am not "overexpanding" the case mouths. They are so tight sometimes they slightly shave a bit of lead from bullets. Also, no "split mouths". Sometimes bullets are still loose (will turn) after seating. I am seating and crimping in separate operations. Sorry for the long post, ..... just trying to anticipate questions that may come from responders.

Comments please .......... skrazo

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