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Just purchased (gasp) a bag of 9mm brass to supplement my rotating stock. The wife has been shooting more, and high metals prices have made for slim pickings at my local range, so I needed to subsidize my inventory a bit.
Among that brass, is a small quantity of T marked (Swiss military issue/surplus) and Norma commercial brass that I believe to be of the same origin with the Norma stamp for commercial sale. I'm in contact with several shooters in Switzerland, and some of their present issued range ammo in 9mm is Norma marked, but packaged as RUAG T ammo minus the military acceptance labeling and indicated for shooting club use. They get over-runs from military/commercial production to shoot for practice and competition. This all revolves around the Beretta purchase of RUAG Ammotec. A brand isn't necessarily a brand anymore.
Just throwing it out there before some purchase a large quantity of the Swiss ammo with the intention of using the brass(presently for sale at SG for a reasonable price) or damage primer pins on their dies with one of these cases. The decapping pin on both a LEE and RCBS die will not fit the flash hole. They are absolutely Boxer primed, but with a very small flash hole. Smaller than the IK brass!
Be mindful of T or Norma brass, and I would suspect any marked RWS or GECO. Both of these were available for some time with "normal" flash holes, but new production may be out of the ThunnWerk in Switzerland.
Among that brass, is a small quantity of T marked (Swiss military issue/surplus) and Norma commercial brass that I believe to be of the same origin with the Norma stamp for commercial sale. I'm in contact with several shooters in Switzerland, and some of their present issued range ammo in 9mm is Norma marked, but packaged as RUAG T ammo minus the military acceptance labeling and indicated for shooting club use. They get over-runs from military/commercial production to shoot for practice and competition. This all revolves around the Beretta purchase of RUAG Ammotec. A brand isn't necessarily a brand anymore.
Just throwing it out there before some purchase a large quantity of the Swiss ammo with the intention of using the brass(presently for sale at SG for a reasonable price) or damage primer pins on their dies with one of these cases. The decapping pin on both a LEE and RCBS die will not fit the flash hole. They are absolutely Boxer primed, but with a very small flash hole. Smaller than the IK brass!
Be mindful of T or Norma brass, and I would suspect any marked RWS or GECO. Both of these were available for some time with "normal" flash holes, but new production may be out of the ThunnWerk in Switzerland.