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Originally Posted by cl00bie
I had some 10 year old ammo that I decided to blow off to salvage the cases for reloading, but out of 50 of them, I noticed daylight showing through 5 of them. Seems that the brass cases split.
Is this usual for first fired ammo, and should I be concerned about reloading the rest of the cases?
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Not unusual, many things can cause the issue; corrosion, exposure to damaging chemicals, brass got brittle from age, or the inside of the case may have been scratched during manufacture.