Long time back I abandoned Remington brass for a variety of reasons and started using Winchester stuff for the .30-30s. I don't shoot them much these days but for the sake of it I went thru the stash, sorted and so on.
There was a box of WW brass that had never been prepped or shot, so I ran it thru the mill. This was purchased probably 15 years or more in the past and I have to say I was very disappointed. One case had a factory split neck. No biggie I say. Rest had significant mutilation of the case mouth such that I had to bump them with a flaring die in order to get them thru the size die w/o mutilation. Last thing that caught my attention? It was all shorter than max OAL SAAMI spec., on order of .010-.020+". Scratching my head over that...and God bless Starline and the remaining sources that make first rate brass.
