i can add
i bought a nice new 308 from savage
bought brand new ammo
showed to my friend and he said he had a bunch of 308 from a friend and he didnt need it, as he no longer had a 308.
i said YUP ...308 was pricey and free trumped it, would be great for range practice
first 3 fired great, no stick.( it think i just plain got lucky)..4th round would not close battery, ejected it and manually dropped it into the breach and nope it was to long by just bit... a long bit
so i grabbed a few more from the box and about every other one was to long or TOOOO fat on the neck to fit as required. a few the bullet actually lifted out when i grabbed the round
when i got home , i got out the calipers and started doing some measurements of cases, and built up rounds, and weighed them. lets just say ..they all got the bullet yanked out, powder dumped into water and cases crushed as to never be able to make new
i dont know what this friend of friend called his loads, i had choice words . but they were far past what a normal person would reload. I dont think he trimmed the cases or properly resized any of them.
he did do a bang job of cleaning the cases, they looked brand new
i told my friend about it and he tossed all he had left from this guy in handgun, and other rifles
so in the end i got 6 free real nice dillion cases to hold my new ammo