What was the first brass you converted

[taco650]

270 to 30-06 (found the 270 brass at the range & don't have a 270).

30-06 to 7.7 Japanese (bought the Type 99 for $10 and wanted to shoot it. Way cheaper than new Norma brass!).

44 mag to 44 special (well used mag brass cracked at the mouth and a friend needed some Specials).

[Leadmelter]

308,3006 to 44AMP
A long time ago
Leadmelter

[texaswoodworker]

32-20 WCF to 7.62 Nagant

[CATTLEMAN]

My first conversion was 223 to 7TCU, it is hard to believe but that was almost 30 years ago... I am clearly going to run out of time before I run out of projects.

[zuke]

24 gauge to 577-450

[azrednek]

Back in the early 70's the only way to accumulate brass was buying factory ammo or paying nearly the cost of a box of Remington, Winchester or Federal ammo for empty Norma cases. Friend and I lucked into a smoking good deal on a couple thousand Canadian 30/06 blanks. We made 7 & 8MM Mauser, 7.65 Argie and 7.7 Jap from those blanks. We also sold fire-formed 7.7 brass at gun shows. I sprang a pre-Hornady Pacific brand 0-7 press out of alignment re-forming the brass. I also discovered STP was the best lube for re-forming brass.

[Ken in Iowa]

Oh boy, I can't recall the first....

223 LC to 222
7x57 to a 6.5x57 improved.
7x57 to a 6mm improved.

[countryroads]

.30-06 to 35 Whelen.............

[curt48mauser]

1911Cherry writes: 30.06 to 8mm Mauser I broke the linkage on an old press after 20 rounds.....

I did the same thing with my first Lee press doing 30-06 to 8mm, was working fine until the whole frame cracked. Lee gave me some credit and I got a pretty good upgrade from them.

[Tenbender]

My first. 219 Zipper Ackley Improved from a 30 30. Equal to a 225 Winchester with a bigger rim.

[Bzcraig]

Just did my first....223 to 300Blk

[Bad Water Bill]

Now the fun begins.

5.56 military brass to 221 Fire Ball then to a 20 Var Targ.

Trim off about 1/2" of extra neck then thin the neck to about .013 neck thickness and figure out a SAFE starting load as the books only list for commercial brass.

I just got my modified case from Hornady today so HI HO its off to work we go to get 1K ready IF i get a chance to go P Dog shooting.

No this is not my first but certainly the most challenging.

[Marine Sgt 2111]

.222 rem to .17 Fireball (when you couldn't find brass)
.223 to .17 Fireball (when you couldn't find brass)
.22 hornet to .17 ackley imp. hornet
.30-30 to .38-55 (when you couldn't find brass)
.30-30 to .32-40 (when you couldn't find brass)
.30-06 to 35 whelen (when I didn't want to buy brass)
.45-70 to .40-70 BN Sharps
.308 to .308 x 1.5
.308 to .358 win
30-06 to 6.5-06

[dale2242]

222 Remington to 17-222 in 1968.
I had P O Ackley rebarrel my Rem 722 Action.
Simply run it through the FL die and neck turn....dale

[IllinoisCoyoteHunter]

In order:

308 Win to 45 ACP Shotshell

223 Rem to 300 AAC BO

223 Rem to 17-223

405 Win to 350 GNR

I also cut some 460 SW brass down to 454 length, but not sure it that counts (testing difference between large and small primers).

[Cariboo]

I had limited funds so when the 357 mag and 44 mag cracked at the neck I made 38 spl & 44 spl so I could use the brass another 15-20 times.
It seemed like powder, primers & gas to drive to the gravel pit was the prime reason for limited funds.
Kind of brings back fond memories. I would load my buddy’s revolver and he would load mine. You never knew when the hammer was going to fall on a full mag load, a very light target load or anything in-between.

[1Iron]

223 to 6.5MM TCU
223 to 7MM TCU
30-30 to 30 Herrett

[303carbine]

30-06 to 8x57

[Spector]

.348 WIN to 10.4x38 Vetterli......mike

[snowtigger]

My first was 338 Winmag to 308 Norma. Have since gone to 7mm Mag to 308N. Easier, one pass through the die, and trim for length. Latest 270 Win to 280 Rem. Easy Peasy..