Thread: How do you know when your brass is kaput?

Yep, the 'dodgey' guy is right. Case seperation where the brass gets stretched the most.
Plus split neck, loose primer pockets, or if you have had too hot a load, big dents form the extractor on the back.

I'm up to 15 reloads for some RP .270 brass. I did that to see how long it would last.
Annealed each firing.
Mostly neck sized, if full length or body sized, only 1 thou headspace on the shoulder.
Checked for case seperation (inside and out), but all sweet still.

Also depends on the quality of the brass. The cheaper stuff (ie RP!) can end up being brittle. Where as Norma, Nosler and Lapua would be btter in the long run.