My photography skills are poor, and failed me in those photographs of that batch of brass. I’ve had double-punched flash holes in the past, but these were made with a bent punch. In double punches, you’ll see either two parallel punches (flash hole shaped like an 8), or the opening will be shaped like an 8, with a “smear” where the punch forced the brass centered back into the first hole. These were very clearly a triangular shaped hole, such the punch went in at an angle - just a bent tip.

I had a few bags of this myself, then checked the rest of the same lot at the Local Cabela’s where I had purchased them as well as the other nearby Cabela’s when I was traveling for business - all of the bags I saw with the same lot had this same defect. For a hunter, they’d be fine. For my use, not so much.

Defects happen, and I can accept that. The facts Winchester required paper documents and snail mail, had an excessively long internal processing time, and expected the consumer to cover shipping both ways were the issues I found ridiculous. Hornady, for example, sent me, at no cost and without return of the defective batch, a new box of 50pc of brass when I had a set of 454casull brass experience a handful of defective rims, and it arrived at my door within a week of my phone call. Every manufacturer will have failures, but not every manufacturer manages customer service activities as if it were 1950.

My original post on the bad batch:

https://www.huntingnet.com/forum/reloading/412231-bolo-bad-batch-brass-win-243-a.html