Steve, this is not surprising. I don’t know if they’re truly off location so much as out of shape. The brass appears to have torn rather than punched clean clean. This is probably due to the condition of the punch and/or the die. Probably they are trying to get as much mileage out of die maintenance as possible given current levels of demand.
Possibly too, the more poorly made ones are sent to Canada, the thought being, if they can’t spell center right up there, they won’t know the difference.
Another thought is, maybe the metallurgy of the brass is off. Did the cases seem to have an off colour?
