I've lived through a number of primer droughts and other scares, but I ain't ever seen components the way they are now. I don't know what the life expectancy would be for the brass, but they held up fine for the two or three test I tried. I was shooting them from Ruger GP and Blawkhawk. Top Brass specializes in purchasing once-fired military brass from the Department of Defense and performing every step necessary to bring it back to ideal reloading condition. Finding brass for it was an adventure!īetween jumping on any I found at a reasonable price and backorders coming through I now have more than 1000 pieces of new. 460 Smith & Wesson Magnum cartridge case takes a much bigger cup than a. The size and specific dimensions of the brass cups will vary depending upon the cartridge case. Last year I decided I needed to load some for HD. The process of making a cartridge case begins at an automatic punch press where dies are used to punch small brass cups from sheets of brass alloy. 357 Mag is a round that I've never enjoyed shooting. He's been retired and I haven't seen him in years, but I still have brass that I've not loaded.Īlthough I've owned a bunch of firearms chambered for it. He knew I loaded and saved the brass for me. A friend that owned his own shop would shoot only factory Remington and Federal ammo through his Model 14. ![]() OTOH again, saw lots of 9mm, 357 and 38 Special at $1/round and 22 bulk ammo for as high as $125/550 ct boxes! At $75, that was still a very resolvable price for the caliber. They were half reloads, half jacketed bullet factory loads. I did buy 3 boxes of 32-40 Winchester from the same vendor. I would have pulled the bullets and reloaded them to my own specs at that price but I have plenty on hand. Last week, at the Gettysburg show, I passed on a $15 box of nickel cased 32-20 reloads. OTOH, I've seen some odd caliber ammo being priced very reasonably at the local gun shows. We have certainly entered a new world of reality when 38 Special brass becomes near unobtainable. ![]() While doing so, noted that most of the stuff they had was out of stock. To price it, I checked Midway and Cabelas for their new and once fired brass prices and asked a little less per case. I was surprised that it went as quick as it did. Priced them at $25 per 250 ct bag with shipping and gave a discount with multiple bags. I had several thousand mixed 38 Special that I couldn't give away or trade but recently sold most of it here in the forum classifieds. Once in a great while I would find some 45 Colt too. Until recently, there was always plenty of good 38 Special and 9mm brass in the recycle bucket at my pistol club. Recent improvements to both powders and bullet design now allow the 9mm cartridge to deliver performance similar to the. Those with a "+P+" have a very high-pressure load. Cartridges labeled with a "+P" are considered to be overpressured. ![]() The 9mm Luger cartridge was designed to be effective at a distance of 50 meters, but the bullet travels further and is still effective at longer ranges. A user also has the ability to carry multiple rounds in high-capacity magazines. Use our once fired 9mm brass in both handguns and some submachine guns. Its popularity is due to its inexpensive cost. Estimates show up to 60% of US police departments are actively using it in service. The 9mm cartridge is believed to be the most popular handgun round in the world. This includes all five branches of the US Military in its standard-issue Sig Sauer M17/M18 pistol. Over 70 NATO countries use the 9mm cartridge. The 9mm Luger cartridge is also known as the 9x19mm, 9mm Parabellum, 9mmP or 9mm +P and is standard NATO issue.
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