I was at the range the other day and picked up a bunch of .357 mag, 38sp, and 45 auto brass. As I was cleaning and prepping the cases last night I noticed that all of the RWS brass in the above listed calibers appears to be balloon headed brass. The brass is certainly new brass and I just can't figure out why the bottoms of cases look like this. More importantly, I wonder if this can be reloaded.
While the 38's and 45's are somewhat low pressure rounds, I certainly don't want to run a full 357 magnum load in a balloon headed case.
Does anyone here know if this brass can be reloaded or if it is truly balloon headed?
As nice as the brass looks, I may be tossing the .357 mag brass.