Noob Question - New Lapua Brass Dented

[milo-2]

I saw this in the last couple of boxes of lapua's I used. I have a feeling there annealing the necks more than they used to.

It's been like this since they went to the blue box, it's from rough handling of packages.

 

[Sneuses]

Hi all,

Thanks for dealing with my noob question. I hate starting threads like this, but I am new to reloading and learning how to reload with the help of forums like this. When I googled the only threads I found on this subject were from forums I have never seen, and the threads were ~10 years old and inconclusive.

Is this normal? This is brand new 300 PRC Lapua brass. This is from one case of 100 pieces. So 25/100 pieces of brass seem out of round, and 12 of those are dented.

The top pic is the most dented brass.
The second pics is brass that is definitely out of round, but not as bad.
The third pic is a closer representation of the what the brass in the top picture looks like.

Hi all,

Thanks for dealing with my noob question. I hate starting threads like this, but I am new to reloading and learning how to reload with the help of forums like this. When I googled the only threads I found on this subject were from forums I have never seen, and the threads were ~10 years old and inconclusive.

Is this normal? This is brand new 300 PRC Lapua brass. This is from one case of 100 pieces. So 25/100 pieces of brass seem out of round, and 12 of those are dented.

The top pic is the most dented brass.
The second pics is brass that is definitely out of round, but not as bad.
The third pic is a closer representation of the what the brass in the top picture looks like.

It might help you to read the below attachments go ahead lube the case and size it. They bounce around in the box while shipping

 

[stiff neck]

I don't think dents matter much for most of us. I just got 2 boxes of Lapua brass, I grabbed 30 random cases and these were the worst 5. I did zero prep and loaded them just like that.

Didn't seem to effect groups at 500 yards (click for video).