Which brass to keep?

[mewachee]

My buddy and I are splitting a 5 gallon bucket of brass that we got from a law enforcement shooting range. We are mostly interested in the .40s. I have cleaned all and divided all by head stamp. Here is my question: Which of these are concidered good brass, and should we be worried about any of them?

• Winchester
• RP
• RPC
• Speer
• Win NT
• Federal

Also, what is RPC and Win NT?

 

[janobles14]

all are great. if i were you i would dump the win nt as they have the klean primer (i think!). it can sometimes be larger.

for sure though keep the speer, fed, and win.

 

[showclear]

I would keep as much of the WIN and RP as you can.
As for the WIN NT I would steer clear of it along with the Speer.
I have no idea what RPC is.
Just my opinion!
Rich

 

[Griz44]

The WIN NT uses a different primer, I gewt one in the press every once in a while and screw up a primer and lose my pace getting it out of the system... Junk it.

 

[cdrt]

The WIN NT uses a different primer

To be more precise, the Win NT uses a small pistol primer, so it's better to segregate them from regular .45 ACP cases that use large pistol primers, which is std for .45 ACP cases. I toss them in the recycle bucket.

 

[JDGray]

I would get rid of the NT brass, some have crimped primer pockets, but thinking thats only in Fed NT cases. 40 S&W only use small primers, so thats not an issue.

 

[The Bushmaster]

Send me all your Win NT brass. I find nothing wrong with them. Beings as how I inspect all my brass it is no problem sorting them out for reloading with small Pistol primers...

I have no idea what RPC is, but all the rest of your brass is good...

 

[DWARREN123]

I actually use anything not damaged or that looks bad. If it is just for range shooting/plinking go for all the good ones. I have even found PAC and CBC to be good for reloading but I never load to max.

 

[mewachee]

Let's through cci into the senerio.

I have a couple hundred cci in .40 that I haven't loaded yet.

 

[308sc]

RPC? Remington?

 

[Halo]

As for the WIN NT I would steer clear of it along with the Speer.

Why would you avoid the Speer?

 

[The Bushmaster]

308sc...I was thinking along the lines of Republic of China (RPC).

Yeh...Why not Speer...??

 

[TX1911fan]

I don't think there is an RPC headstamp, at least not that I could find. There is R-P. CHeck here:

http://www.igman.com/ammunition/codes/

 

[mewachee]

It is RPC; got about a thousand of them. Again, this is law enforcement ammo, if that makes any difference.

 

[Larry E]

I've used all these except RPC and Win NT, and have never had a problem with any of them that wasn't my fault. Got a pile of S&B .45 ACP from a friend, and they seem to be good too. Never had a problem with Speer or CCI or even some old Canadian military 9 mm that someone gave me many years ago.

If it's clean or cleanable and not badly bent use it.

 

[mewachee]

What a retard, It is pmc. Seems like my mind wanted it to be something else. Thanks for the link and the clarification.

 

[JDGray]

PMC, I've heard of that

 

[Halo]

PMC is good, there is just one thing to note about it though. It tends to have thicker case walls than brass from other manufacturers, so the internal volume is slightly reduced. Adjust your load accordingly.

 

[jleneave]

I believe that the Win NT stands for Winchester Non Toxic load and the ones that I have are in .45acp and use a small pistol primer, but they load and shoot just fine. I also have some Federal NT which I also believe stands for non toxic, they too use small pistol primers and work just fine. The ones that I have came from a LE indoor range. I just separate them and shoot them. Like The Bushmastersaid, if you don't want them send them to me!! Take care.

Jody

 

[kennedy]

I only keep the win that has not been glocked. the reason for the win, is I started out shooting win white box, and have so far collected about 1000 from friends and range pick up, every thing else I save for trading.

 

[evan price]

It's all good. I wouldn't toss any of it, but then again, I reload and shoot A-MERC without problems.

 

[ArchAngelCD]

I have reloaded Winchester, Speer, Federal and Remington brass and all will reload fine. (I like Fed and Win best)

I don't know anything about RPC or Win NT brass so I can't comment on those 2.

 

[The Bushmaster]

He meant PMC, ArchAngelCD. He had too many beers and missread the head stamp...

 

[ArchAngelCD]

Opsss , in that case PMC brass is fine IMO although I've only used .38 Special and .357 Magnum PMC brass.

 

[rondog]

I'm saving the Win NT .45's that I find separately. When I get enough, I'll load 'em up and carry 'em in my Jeep for target shooting in places where recovering my brass isn't an option.