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Hey Guys...
I just got back from the range and noticed something odd about some of my .40 spent brass coming from my M&P Shield, see pics. I am wondering if this is normal and if these can be reloaded. I am thinking that they are being ejected too hard and hitting the back of the ejection port. I can see a lot of brass on the port, more than usual. I am spitting brass in all different directions... some straight up some back right and some 25ft right.
The ammo I am using is Speer Lawman 165gr. I bought a bunch of it so its all I have but am thinking of switching to something a little lighter maybe 145gr or so.
This pic shows the dings on the mouth of the brass...
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This pic shows the striker mark which is normal from what I have learned... I used this mark to see if the dents were always in the same spot but they are not... Here you can also see the mark from the ejector (just under the "S" in Speer, which seems a bit aggressive IMO...
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Here is a small bunch of the brass as you can see not all of them have this dent.
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I just got back from the range and noticed something odd about some of my .40 spent brass coming from my M&P Shield, see pics. I am wondering if this is normal and if these can be reloaded. I am thinking that they are being ejected too hard and hitting the back of the ejection port. I can see a lot of brass on the port, more than usual. I am spitting brass in all different directions... some straight up some back right and some 25ft right.
The ammo I am using is Speer Lawman 165gr. I bought a bunch of it so its all I have but am thinking of switching to something a little lighter maybe 145gr or so.
This pic shows the dings on the mouth of the brass...
This pic shows the striker mark which is normal from what I have learned... I used this mark to see if the dents were always in the same spot but they are not... Here you can also see the mark from the ejector (just under the "S" in Speer, which seems a bit aggressive IMO...
Here is a small bunch of the brass as you can see not all of them have this dent.
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