Hawkeye alluded to this a little bit on the last live stream.
Your fired brass can tell you a lot about how your weapon and ammo is functioning.
There's a problem here. See if you can figure out what it is. No, this is not from my any of my guns, and it's not a glock or glock clone. And if I find the person who fired this, I'll stop them immediately.
In the first picture, you can see all the cases are identically egg-shaped, and I lined them all up with the flat side facing to the left.
This next picture is a side view of the cases in the same orientation. You can clearly see a dent in each casing in the same place, oriented 90 degrees from the flat side on the case.
Here is a close up of one of the cases showing the dent. It's not very clear in the picture, but they all also have a fairly noticable "bulge" at the base.
Finally, here is a picture of the base. You can clearly see a mark from the extractor right next to the 9. They all have this mark, and it's oriented 90 degrees clockwise from the dent. Along with the other signs, this really tells the story.
Let me know what you think!
I never understood using hot loads. I spent more time reloading loads that I could count on to be consistent and controlable. What ever happen to courtesy to fellow shooters? I would never stand shooting with my brass hitting other next to me, I just wouldn't do that.