PMC brass?

I have reloaded some PMC brass for .223 and .380 and have never had any problems out of it.

I have loaded 380 & 9mm with no problems.

I prefer it over a few domestic brands. Most of mine is .38spl and .45acp.

Good brass.

Had a few problems with .223 PMC, and 9mm brass with the primer pockets being too small, however once I reamed the pockets, it loaded really well.

I've talked with some guys at the range who complained about it being too soft, but I've shot 500 308 Win without any problems. I've also shot 50 reloads and didn't have any problems. Good brass from my experience.

I've got slews of it in 30 M1 carbine, not a problem with it.

I have reloaded a lot of that brass. Before I started reloading, PMC was the last ammo I purchased in 40S&W. That ammo shot so clean, the inside of those cases shined like new.

I digress. It's beautiful brass, and I have run into no problems. It's just about perfect, IMO.

My PMC 223 cases seem to be a little softer at the base than my other motley assortment of headstamps. They are slightly bulged out just a little. But they reload and shoot great.

Good stuff in a multitude of calibers I have used it in. I have piles of the stuff around.

Good experiences loading 9mm, .38spl, and (IIRC) .223 brass from PMC.

I've loaded a good deal of it over the years, it always works fine for me. Pistol, revolver, and high powered rifle included.

GS

If it wasn't any good, they wouldn't have loaded it in the first place. The only company that did load bad brass went bankrupt (A-Merc).

You'll find that some of their brass is a little thicker in some calibers, but it's quality brass.

Hope this helps.

Fred

Like most of the others I have it in several handgun calibers and some in at least three rifles calibers.

I have loaded it to top end loads for my 357, and 44 mags, and with .243, .270, and 25-06 that I know of the top of my head they all shot just as well as most of the other range stuff I have used. It wasn't BR accurate, but it delivered close enough groups for hunting deer inside of 250yds.

I have used PMC brass for both handguns & rifle. It has always been fine for me.

judgedelta said:

Thanks all for the responses. I got about 200 cases with the range brass I bought. I had used .223 before with no problems, but never pistol brass. Someone on another forum had cautioned against using PPU brass in 10 mm and I was sorting that out of my .40 and wondered about PMC as well.

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I have about 50 PPU 10mm cases that have never been a problem for me. If you really don't want them I can take them off your hands.

I have only reloaded PMC 223 brass and found it to be very easy to reload.

I've loaded many of these for .40. No problems excepting the first few I had; flash holes were off center, but still loaded just fine.

When I load cast for 45acp with mixed brass almost all of my "non-plunkers" are PMC. I don't know if that's because its thicker, or as some posters noticed softer which allows the bullet to seat crooked.

No problem with jacketed bullets.

Laphroaig

It's because it's thicker. Are you "plunking" in your chamber or a case gauge? The chamber is what the rounds will be fired in............

Hope this helps.

Fred

Fred,

Assuming I have the proper shoulder exposed on my SWC's, I've found that my Lyman gauge is about the same as my chamber. Either one predicts what will reliably chamber, and what won't.

Laphroaig

Laphroaig,

That's good, since a lot of people get hung up on case gauges that are smaller than their chambers. As long as they're similar, that's what counts.

The PMC brass is thicker.

Hope this helps.

Fred

PPU is Serbian, PMC is Korean.

Over the years, PMC has been Korean, Boulder City, NV, and now Korean again. It's the brand that refuses to die............ But I still like their brass. I just wish I knew what their priming compound is, though. It leaves a white residue, and if it gets wet, it cements the primers in place.

When they were U.S. owned, and being made in Boulder City, they used CCI primers, but now that it's been bought once again by the Koreans, they've gone back to the priming compound they first used when it was in Korea.

Hope this helps.

Fred