Hi. I'm old and went through basic in 1959.

[rcmodel]

The military HAS NEVER issued reloaded ammo for training or combat in modern times.
(Other then AMU Marksmanship units.)

Prior to WWII, National Guard units used reloaded 30-06 Galley loads for indoor training.

Other then that?

It never happened.

BTW: You policed up the brass on military ranges for 3 reasons.
1. They sold it for scrap.
2. If you didn't pick it up, the firing line would be waist deep in brass after a few years.
3. It taught you how to follow orders, even when you didn't know why!!!

Remember:
Ours is not to reason why, ours but to do or die.

Good training!!

rc

 

[medalguy]

RC, actually the military has used some reloaded ammo for training. When I was in the AF Small Arms Training section we were issued some .38 Special ammo that was reloaded and was clearly marked as reloads. I still have a few boxes of that ammo around here somewhere. If I remember right, it used nickeled cases with lead RN bullets. I thought at the time that was the one and only time I ever saw nickeled cases or lead bullets in the military.

Other than that, I have never seen or heard of reloads as issue ammo. Certainly for combat loads it's all "factory" ammo.

 

[herrwalther]

Sounds like annealed cases.

More than likely. Tarnished brass is far from a sure way to indicate reloads. And some reloads can be very clean. I looked for other marks that might indicate reloads but never found anything that screamed "reload" to me.

 

[chucktwo]

Little Creek Va in '56... So sign of reloads back then.


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[col.lemat]

Repackaged yes if the original case was damaged or soaked with a liquid. Marked as "REPACKED" on the new wooden case and on the cans. Reloaded rounds nope

 

[H&R Glock]

Navy boot in 63'
The only brass the navy reloaded is the cannon stuff. Our 40mm Bofors rounds were reloads. We shot them off in 1964. The bigger stuff was re-used also. The brass is too expensive to toss.
All the .22 thru 30.06 were sold for scrap or thrown out.

 

[jstert]

army 1972. m16 and m14. i was too busy running around being yelled at to notice the ammo. unpleasant experience famfire m1911 45 turned me off semiauto pistols, and later made me a revolver guy, for life. in the field with the national guard in 1977 we ate 1940s c rations.


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[threefeathers]

Thank you guys. If I find something different I will immediately inform you all.

 

[win71]

A new guy

In Basic Training and with maybe not much shooting experience, how would you know if it was a reload or not ?

 

[GRIZ22]

win71, first of all we were told there were no reloads uses. Some guy would inevitably ask the question at the outset of range training. Factory cases delivered to the range, crimped primers, and that fresh factory smell when you opened the ammo can that's how we knew.