Started reloading close to nine years ago, and was always looking for brass at the Range for a .308 Win. Often, I would get once fired stuff left by police Tac squad. Had some necks split after about 15 re-loads with yellow brass, and after 13 times with the nickel plated................so, discarded everything I had fired more than 10 times in the Range brass bucket. Several months later, a guy offered me a bunch of "once fired" nickel plated that he said he had picked up after police..and when I went to reload some, I recognized some felt marker indexes I had used to keep track of on the brass I previously discarded. Since that time, I only re-use brass that I can confirm is "once fired",,,and, before discarding, I now crush the necks with pliers to insure nobody else can make the same mistake.
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