I posted this in the Reloading section too. I recently received in the mail 100 45 AR rounds loose in a box which was about three quarters full. I found about 14 of them to have fairly significant dings in the case body. These are the worst three. I e-mailed the manufacturer who said they were damaged in shipping. He said that the would be safe to shoot. The pressure of firing would straighten the case out and it would be fine to reload. Would you fire them? Would you reload them?

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Yes and yes ! As long as you're assembling a load you know is safe in your gun, you needn't think twice about it. they'll come out perfectly formed to your chamber.
Even if they were factory ctgs, those little dings would mean zippo in a low-intensity ctg like .45 AR. Shoot 'em and enjoy !


Larry
P.S. Sorry, I misread - thought you had bought brass only. Above remarks still apply; if they chamber easily, shoot 'em !

I have shot some that had worse dings and they straighten out just fine. As long as they will chamber they should be good to go.

If you have dinged cases you need to:

If the dings are in the body of a "rifle" case, all you have to do is shoot the round. The ding is caused by too much grease/
lubricant, placed on the case for re-sizing.

If the rime of a pistol case is dented in [by the extractor?]
all you need to do is run it through the 2nd die/flareing die.