Being house bound creates projects for me in this cold snap. Like sorting thru all my range brass for headstp! Most of the 9mm is WIN, RP, FC but there is an assortment of others. What brass won't you reload?
Being house bound creates projects for me in this cold snap. Like sorting thru all my range brass for headstp! Most of the 9mm is WIN, RP, FC but there is an assortment of others. What brass won't you reload?
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Worst I've seen, and I won't reload it, is a-merc
PMC Hornet=Poorly made Cr@p!
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Years ago I had a S&W model 39 9mm. I had bought 2 boxes of S&B hardball because they were cheap, and I found out why........ probably 40% of the cases had off-center flash holes, broke my first decapping pin on that lot of brass.
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Same here. My first experience reloading PMC was trying to deprime 45 acp brass. At first, I couldn't figure out what was going on. Upon examination, I found out the flash holes were off center in a number of them. I did manage to load 50 rds, but the rest of them went into my scrap pile.
I hate all S&B I've seen thus far. Very tight primer pockets.
Also, foreign military 5.56 brass typically sucks.
I bought 4 boxes of S&B wadcutters for accuracy testing because at the time they were the only brand I could get.
I was disappointed with the accuracy, around 1" at 25 yards. I expected better. I can do that with Winchester 130 grain FMJ practice ammo.
I also wanted a batch of matched wad cutter cases for testing reload accuracy. And now to the question at hand.
One in 5 is very difficult to re-prime. 1 in ten is impossible to re-prime. I do not understand why. The primer pockets are visually identical. I cannot see any flaws with an 8x loupe. I can not measure any difference with a digital caliper. ( Yes I know it can't measure the exact inside diameter but I am only looking for differences. )
I have a Lyman and an RCBS primer pocket uniformer. Neither removes any metal at all. YET- primers still will not enter the pockets easily or some times not at all.
Next. I started load testing with two boxes once fired. Kept each case in the factory box it came in for maximum repeatability.
After six loadings there are only 60 total cases left. 40 either would not re-prime, or split on firing.
When I am sorting range pickups, all S&B head stamps now go into the scrap bucket.
First reload: .22 Hornet. 1956.
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I agree, S&B is junk. Send it to me for proper disposal.
Only brass I don't reload is defective brass. I'm not good enough of a shooter to tell the difference offhand and highly doubt many are able to tell the difference between headstamps.
A-Merc. I think you could solder cases together from scrap plumbing pipe that was closer to spec.
A-Merc, S&B,Armssport and military crimped 9MM. I just have enough 9MM that I don't swage the primer pockets. What PMC are you talking about? I have loaded a lot of .223 PMC with no problem. Is Hornet one of their product lines. I don't buy much factory ammo.
Amerc and S&B in 9mm and 40
make great candidates for using as Jacket material for swaging J-words in 40 and 44 respectively
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So military crimped 9mm are just too much of a PITA to deal with? I would rather not swage the pockets either since I have more WIN, RP, FC than I could probably ever use right now. Maybe I will just put up a bunch on the forum for sale or trade. Joe
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I am not crazy about S&B but will use it for plinkers. a-merc is the one brand I just throw in the scrap bin. FB
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 |