supergoat343
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Recently bought some Czech Republic .303 ammo. It is all brass and is boxer primed with only one flash hole.However, the box is marked that it is non reloadable.
What gives?
What gives?
Non reloadable brass?
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swiftak
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maybe not the original or correct box
woodsoup
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Are you sure it is not brass plated/washed steel cased? Get out the trusty magnet and make sure.
Fisherdave10
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I would definitely do what woodsoup said and check if it's just brass plated steel.
I had some S&B ('08) 9mm cases that appeared in every way to be reloadable brass. I had even reloaded them several times without a problem (I'm sure I was just lucky). The only way I knew it was steel before using a magnet was when I rinsed my casings in water (after using the laundry detergent cleaning method) I noticed a few cases had rust developing on the rim.
I think brass plated steel cases would be the most likely reason the box says non-reloadable but appears to be reloadable.
I had some S&B ('08) 9mm cases that appeared in every way to be reloadable brass. I had even reloaded them several times without a problem (I'm sure I was just lucky). The only way I knew it was steel before using a magnet was when I rinsed my casings in water (after using the laundry detergent cleaning method) I noticed a few cases had rust developing on the rim.
I think brass plated steel cases would be the most likely reason the box says non-reloadable but appears to be reloadable.
jcwit
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See there!!!! Steel cases are reloadable after all.
Recommend it? No!
Possible? Yup!
Recommend it? No!
Possible? Yup!
Twiki357
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I just picked up some S&B brass at the range (Not magnetic/steel) that are head stamped 9mm Br. But hey are actually 380 in size.
Fisherdave10
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FYI, another name for .380 auto is "9mm Browning". Maybe that's what the headstamp is saying. At least that's what would make sense to me, but I don't know everything...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.380_ACP
Fisherdave10
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Yeah... it might be do-able, but not a good idea. I definitely wouldn't have reloaded those cases if I knew they were steel. After figuring out what the deal was I went through all my casings and threw away all of the brass plated steel casings by using a magnet.
jcwit
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Still not recommended. My auto will go way over 100 mph, not recommended tho.
supergoat343
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Thanks, ran a magnet over them and they are true brass. Oh well, maybe just an odd box.
Thanks for all of the input guys
Thanks for all of the input guys
chris in va
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A gentleman on another board tried this as well and noticed issues with his dies after a couple hundred reloads.
I tried a couple cases, they flare and seat just fine but resizing is a bit tough.
EMC45
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The carbide ring in the resizing dies is much harder than the steel cases. You may get some build up of crud, but they will do just fine. There was a glut of steel cases back when sizing dies had no carbide ring. People loaded them all the time. That was WW2 era ammo. Sizing is a little "different", but they do just fine. Also did this with some 9MM steel "brass" too and they did just fine. I have seen reports of folks loading .223 Wolf steel cases as well. It can be done. Do I prefer brass? Yes, but I had a good many of the steel wolf cases and wanted to shoot them without worrying about picking them up out on the range. I have thousands of pcs of brass for the calibers I shoot. Literally buckets full, I just wanted to burn these up.
FROGO207
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I have reloaded Wolf steel cases and CCI aluminum cases in 45ACP. The steel ones are no problem but the aluminum ones would often split after 3 loadings. I now will load them once for throwaways and not bother with them after that. The steel ones have worn the polymer/bluing off them and are still loading fine.
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"I have reloaded Wolf steel cases and CCI aluminum cases in 45ACP. ... The steel ones have worn the polymer/bluing off them and are still loading fine."
Ditto. And add CCI "non-reloadable" alum. .38s too.
Ditto. And add CCI "non-reloadable" alum. .38s too.
Twiki357
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I’ve reloaded the non-reloadable aluminum cases in 380 & 45 ACP with out any problems. Some of the 45 ACP are on their 5th/6th cycle.
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