something in the case

[gypsyman]

Seen this before, not real common. FL sizing .223/5.56 cases and can't tell what it is. Just did around 500 cases, and 2 of them looked like a piece of lead was in the case. Maybe a bullet turned upside down??? Happened a couple years ago, and I broke the decapping pin, and had to replace it.( Dillion carbide die) 1 is a LC-09 case, and the other is headstamped, A -USA  .223 Rem. Once fired, original primers, so not sure what or why. Anybody else ever see this??

[Ranger99]

I don't immediately recall experiencing anything
similar, but will say that unless it's something
that's very easily resolved without spending
money, or much more valuable irreplaceable time,
I'd smash it or squeeze it and toss it in with
the other scrap brass.

After my last battle with "once fired"/ " range pickup"
I said never again.
If I can't make it right with a regular loading die
set and the other obligatory tools, it gets scrapped.
Just my own opinion

[Lloyd Smale]

did you shoot the new? if you bought once fired you can get rocks and yup bullets in brass but it isnt common on 556 brass because the wholes so small. bullet is possible if you bought once fired. fooling around seating dept and crimp ive had bullets pushed into the case while chambering. that and some dont even crimp. why dont you cut the cases open and look? i load so much 556 that i could never afford to buy new brass. i pick it up myself at the range or buy it once fired at half the price. blackout even more so. if you bought new 556 and converted it or bought new your probably going to pat 3 times as much as 300 bo stamped once fired decapped and polished! i just bought some once fired 556 and BO brass that was decrimped, polished and primed ready to load for the same or a bit less than new brass. no brainer for someone that loads as much as i do. if your idea of loading a pile is a hundred round than buy new. but i shot that much in the first 5 minutes at the range and take a full coffee can of ammo for each caliber i have and 8 times out of ten come back with little to none. now i will admit even i cant polish off a can of 9s or 40s but i give it my best shot.

[gypsyman]

 Most came from Camp Perry. When I set up on Commercial Row years ago, 5.56 brass was so cheap, a couple of vendors sold it by the pound. Some is range pick up, if some is lying on the ground next to mine it goes into the coffee can. Only new .223 brass I buy, is for my HB AR- I use for long range. Quicker twist, heavier bullet. Not sure were these 2 rounds came from. I've got 2 5 gallons buckets about 2/3 full with brass going to the scrap yard, and that's were these are, but you did give me an idea. Dig them out and saw them in half and see what's in them.

[gypsyman]

 Cut them up, and a lead bullet was in each one of them. Looked like original primers, found another one, 2 military cases, didn't look like the primer pocket was reamed. Other was the civilian case, had some red primer sealer, but still looked once fired. Strange, go down in my books as