military match brass GTG??

[Morlock]

I have a batch of military 7.62x51 match (m852/118?) that was given to me by a friend a few years ago. I've gone through most of it, but saved the brass. There is knurling near the base of the cases. With ammo prices going up, i was wondering if this brass was GTG for reloading despite the knurling, or would this screw up the case sizing?

thanks

Morlock

 

[Jim Watson]

Best I recall, the knurled band is to indicate it was Special Match loaded with SMK instead of FMJBT. It is light enough that it should not affect the resizing.

 

[ReloaderFred]

It's good brass and the slight knurling won't hurt it. The cannalure was only put on there to denote that it was loaded with the Sierra bullets.

Hope this helps.

Fred

 

[USSR]

There is knurling near the base of the cases.

Yep, M852. GTG.

Don

 

[30Cal]

If you FL resize, make sure you use a case gage. They'll come apart early if you overwork them by pushing the shoulder back too far.

4th firing, the standard 168gr match load

 

[ReloaderFred]

Good suggestion. Most case separations are caused by over sizing the case, making the loaded round too short for the headspace of the individual rifle. When I bought my first RCBS Precision Mic, I cured my separation problems by setting up sizing dies for each rifle and keeping the brass separate. Now, instead of getting 2 or 3 reloads out a case, the norm is more like 7 or 8.

Hope this helps.

Fred

 

[win308]

I believe later batches of 852 had the knurl slightly higher up on the case to eliminate the case head seperation.