What was the first brass you converted

**muzzleblastm38** · 02-28-2015, 04:58 PM

30-06 to 8mm. 30-06 to 270 30-06 to 6.5x55 Swede 357 mag to 30 carb(with somme la th work)

**CA Dude** · 02-28-2015, 05:30 PM

Surplus 30-06 brass to 257 Roberts Ackley Improved. Now the list is long and distinguished.

**rbuck351** · 02-28-2015, 06:15 PM

38spl to 7.62x25. This was before you could get boxer brass or cheap mil surp.

**skeet1** · 02-28-2015, 07:19 PM

.243 Win. from .308 Win.

Ken

**scarry scarney** · 02-28-2015, 10:18 PM

.308 to 44 automag.

**RugerFan** · 03-01-2015, 03:06 AM

8mm Lebel to .41 Swiss.

**freebullet** · 03-01-2015, 06:55 AM

The first brass I ever converted was 357 mag into garbage. It was not awesome.

**Bad Water Bill** · 03-01-2015, 07:07 AM

CONGRATULATIONS

You are the first to tell the truth about your first attempt.

**Windwalker 45acp** · 03-01-2015, 09:23 AM

Originally Posted by greywuuf

not the first but the most interesting was 7.62 Nato to .45 acp. Takes a good deal of inside reaming but Man what a load you can develop in them ( kinda tough on the old 1911 but works a treat in the converted Turk mauser I built)

That was my first as well, except I used a split neck 7.62 Nato and turned it into a 45acp snake charmer load for those pesky rattlers. Patterns are still hit and miss (pun intended).

**chill45100** · 03-01-2015, 11:32 AM

.308 BR to 22 CHeetah. It was both a very steep learning curve with no one in the vicinity to help and a frustrating one with the very high case failure rate during forming. Recently pulled the combination out of the safe and have had no more shoulders crumpled. It's amazing what another 30 years of reloading will add to the mix.
Chill45100

**Tracy** · 03-03-2015, 10:30 PM

.270 Winchester to 7x57 and 8x57. Then .270 to .35 Whelen. I had a .30/06 but not a .270, and I used range pickups.
I was doing that years ago. Most recently I made some .32/20 from 5.56.

**rbuck351** · 03-04-2015, 10:11 AM

32/20 from 5.56 I haven't done but it sure has me to thinking some thick wall/neck 25/20s might be kinda neat.

**43PU** · 03-04-2015, 10:59 AM

My first was 30-06 military to 7.7 Jap I made about 300 size,trim,deburr,aneal on Thursday and on Saturday I went to the flea market here and found a guy selling Norma 7.7 Jap for $5 a hundred.... so needless to say I bought all 700 rounds, but the hardest I've done is 32-20 to 25-20. And the strangest I've done is 32-20 to 7.62x38R for the Nagant revolver

**BaconStrips** · 03-04-2015, 04:30 PM

My first was 270 to 30-06. It was unintentional. The gun and I both survived. 30 Herrett and 300 BLK are the only others I have done intentionally.

**Renofish** · 03-04-2015, 08:53 PM

22-250 from 308, 30-06, 270 and 25-06 cases.

**3leggedturtle** · 03-06-2015, 02:45 PM

35/444 for a T/C Carbine

**Elkins45** · 03-07-2015, 01:33 AM

30-06 --->8X57

I'm getting ready to try my hand at turning 308 into 35 Remington.

**tew45** · 03-07-2015, 11:51 AM

My first was the .38-.45 ACP the next was .219 Z from 30-30 cases

**samwithacolt** · 03-08-2015, 12:45 AM

k hornet then .32win from .30-30, then .38-55 from .30-30. Now 9.3x62 from 30-06.

**perotter** · 03-12-2015, 08:09 AM

30/06 to 7.65x53.

BP	Bronze Point	IMR	Improved Military Rifle	PTD	Pointed
BR	Bench Rest	M	Magnum	RN	Round Nose
BT	Boat Tail	PL	Power-Lokt	SP	Soft Point
C	Compressed Charge	PR	Primer	SPCL	Soft Point "Core-Lokt"
HP	Hollow Point	PSPCL	Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt"	C.O.L.	Cartridge Overall Length
PSP	Pointed Soft Point	Spz	Spitzer Point	SBT	Spitzer Boat Tail
LRN	Lead Round Nose	LWC	Lead Wad Cutter	LSWC	Lead Semi Wad Cutter
GC	Gas Check

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