My M1 Garand is denting cartridges.. is that normal?

[DoD1776]

My M1 Garand is denting cartridges.. is that normal? Is this bad? Something wrong with my firearm? You can see 4 dented cartridges in this photo.

 

[kev74]

Don't sweat it. Even if you were to reload, there is no problem with those.

 

[C3D]

Yes it's a huge problem. It's too dangerous to shoot that rifle, you better give it me for safekeeping.

 

[enigma]

That's normal. The brass is hitting the op rod. The Garand will spin a cartridge around as it ejects and that beats up the brass a bit. Check out this video:

 

[thegatman]

Normal

 

[DoD1776]

That's normal. The brass is hitting the op rod. The Garand will spin a cartridge around as it ejects and that beats up the brass a bit. Check out this video:

Thanks so much!

 

[Varmint]

When I was a young man my father would bring home buckets of 06 from the matches...about 1/4 of them would have the mouth dented and they all had crimped primer pockets , what a pain. I sold enough processed brass to buy my first rifle an m44us.