Not a good idea as stated above - I have never done the Aluminum - I did do the WW2 Steel cases when I was in my Hotrod years and did 45 Super Loads. Use Brass
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Not a good idea as stated above - I have never done the Aluminum - I did do the WW2 Steel cases when I was in my Hotrod years and did 45 Super Loads. Use Brass
I have loaded Russian steel .45 and 9MM cases. They both did fine. They were light grey in color and sized/flared/crimped just fine. Wanted to see if I could do it, and also so I wouldn't be too sore if I lost some at the range. I like brass better.
about 40 years ago tried to load some ww2 steel .45acp. never again.
Best used for jewelry. Not reloading.
.45 ACP is pretty low pressure. Have reloaded the boxer primed aluminum - get 4/5 loads out of 'em. It's my "company " ammo - let company bang my plate rack with it and don't bother picking up. 200 gr. beveled base and seat slooowwly minimizes splits.
Wouldn't ever deal with .357/9mm/steel.
Although everything has value the steel and brass cases take up space and that is more valuable to me than even the scrap value. I have a bucket for each, but only because I haven't trashed them yet.
As a project to see if it's possible to reload them, I tried and was successful. That cured my curiosity and proved the point, but now it's a BTDT issue.
Steel cases are useful for adding iron to soil around trees. Aluminum cases make nice fire ant mound casts. Neither are worth bending over to pick up for reloading.
I will add my voice to the "Don't bother" group. You may be short of brass right now ,but have patience. You will eventually have more brass than you know what to do with. Lot of aluminum cases use berdan primers. Steel just isn't fun to reload. There is a very good reason that God gave us brass. Use it for ALL reloads.