Cracked .303 Brit case neck.
I sat down to reload a box of PPU .303 Brit and saw something new, at least for me. Five of the cases out of 20 had cracked necks and had to be scrapped. I've been reloading for a few years and these cases have been reloaded many times. I only resize the necks of the fired cases and haven't had any case head separation issues. It doesn't surprise me to see the neck failures since that's the only part of the case that's exposed to the expansion and compression of firing and reloading. I looked closely at the necks of the rest of the fired cases and could see what appeared to be tiny stretch marks on the neck of one other case which I also scrapped. I've heard lots about examining cases near the head for signs of stretching but nothing so far about stretched or cracked necks.
Merc