sthwestvictoria
04-18-2012, 09:02 AM
I have been a gifted a job lot of .243 reloads. I am in the process of pulling them and dumping the powder and primer as they will not chamber in my model 70, likely having been neck sized only.
About 90% would be Winchester headstamped. There are some Norma and then these fellows with only the calibre and this odd herringbone imprint on the brass of the headstamp.
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/imagehosting/thum_209934f8ebb11a784b.jpg (http://castboolits.gunloads.com/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=4850)
Is this a bolt imprint? some type of reloading ram?
This is in Australia but these rounds are old and so could have been used in the 1980s before the semi-automatic buy-back. I have range brass with fluted sides and dinged necks which I believe comes from some semi-autos, particulary the FAL but haven't seen this imprinting.
I'll recycle them.
About 90% would be Winchester headstamped. There are some Norma and then these fellows with only the calibre and this odd herringbone imprint on the brass of the headstamp.
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/imagehosting/thum_209934f8ebb11a784b.jpg (http://castboolits.gunloads.com/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=4850)
Is this a bolt imprint? some type of reloading ram?
This is in Australia but these rounds are old and so could have been used in the 1980s before the semi-automatic buy-back. I have range brass with fluted sides and dinged necks which I believe comes from some semi-autos, particulary the FAL but haven't seen this imprinting.
I'll recycle them.