What Happened Here? .308 case ribbed

Donut Slayer

Dimitri wrote:

if they stopped fluting them then extraction issues will start till the gun just stops working.

HK maybe snobs when selling to us average joes but they do make good firearms designers and added the costly flutes for a reason.

Dimitri

x2, and when you resize them, they will likely split along the flute lines. BTDT. It weakens the brass.

PaulS

I think it weakens the brass too but they can be sized and reloaded a couple of times safely.
The biggest problem Bob (my friend with the H&K) had was finding the cases after the rifle through them half way to the next county. Shocked