Is It OK to Reload Privi Partizan 9mm?

[gerrym526]

Guys-need your advice.

I picked up about 30 once fired cartridges at the range, and identified them from the headstamp as Privi Partizan ammo.
Can this brass be safely reloaded? I follow the Lyman and Hornady manuals to the letter and usually load my first batch of used brass with minimum starting powder weights. Also, have found that some used 9mm brass (not necessarily Privi) is very hard to seat new primers into-I use an RCBS Universal Hand Primer.
Should I throw out any cartridges that are hard to seat primers into and not reload? And, is it safe to reuse the Privi brass.

thanks for your help.
Gerry

 

[1KPerDay]

If it's boxer primed, brass ammo, and it gives you enough neck tension, it's good to go. Only reason you would not use brass with tight primer pockets is if it caused them to be improperly seated and/or if you found it annoying and not worth the hassle. Me, I just load them and make sure the primers are seated below flush as usual.

 

[Walkalong]

I have reloaded 9MM & .223 PPU brass with no issues.

Some 9MM brass has crimped primer pockets. Perhaps the ones you had trouble with need the crimp removed.

 

[funklord12]

I've had good luck reloading Prvi rifle brass. Did those hard to prime 9mm cases have a crimped primer pocket? If they do, remove the crimp before seating primers.

 

[armoredman]

PP is good brass, reload with confidence.

 

[helotaxi]

Likely that it has a crimped primer. My experience has been that 9mm brass is so plentiful that brass with crimped primers goes in the scrap bucket as it simply isn't worth my time.

 

[SlowFuse]

PPU has been good for me. I have loaded 9mm, 223 and 25-06. All calibers have made it through multiple firings and have shown to be no less quality than Fed, Win or Rem brass in the same caliber.

I would agree that a crimped primer could be the problem, however, I have never ran across a piece of PPU brass with a crimp.

 

[Jeff H]

PP is good brass, reload with confidence.

+1

Without PPU, there would be a lot more people struggling to reload older rifle cases like Brit 303, 8mm Mauser, 7.62x54R. I have no issues with their pistol or rifle brass and I am thankful their rifle cartridges are reasonably priced.

 

[WardenWolf]

Even Hornady uses PPU brass for some of their metric rifle calibers. That should say something.

 

[Hit_Factor]

You can ream primer pockets or swage them, primers will fit better. Hand reams are relatively inexpensive, 10 bucks or so. At the other end of the spectrum a Dillon 1050 press will swage while loading.

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[whtsmoke]

i have anrcbs swage die that i use alot but mainly use a reamer thats electric, chuck that puppy up in the lathe with a fuulbowl and a empty bucket totoss them into when done, takes a few seconds for each case.

 

[rbernie]

Prvi brass is good stuff.

 

[FROGO207]

As a practice I do not load steel casings and find that some brands have brass washed steel cases that sneak in. So with range brass the first thing I do before pouring into my sorting tray is run through it with a strong magnet. Then I will look at it and reject A-Merc stuff on general principle. Otherwise I will reload most other brass I pickup if it is sound. PPU brass is as good as any other and prefer it in my 7.62X54 loading. I would not worry about loading it at all.

 

[atblis]

If not crimped,

you will find that some brands of brass have odd primer pockets. S&B is the one brand off brass that I find to be more trouble than it's worth. I can tell an S&B case as soon as it hits the sizing die in my 650. Primers tend to be hard to seat also. S&B gets chucked in the trash can. Anything crimped gets chucked too. 9mm is so cheap and plentiful, why bother with anything other than known good commercial headstamps ( R-P, Winchester, etc.)?

 

[Canuc Shooter]

I'd walk an extra mile to get once fired PPU brass. That's all I reload in the AR. Have had zero issues with the PPU rifle brass.

 

[HOWARD J]

I use PPU brass in 243 WIN--- I get more reloads from it than any other brand.

 

[Marlin 45 carbine]

yeah PPU 9mm brass loads fine. better than Winny IMO

 

[Shoot66]

I have been using/reloading PP brass for a couple of years. So far no problems.