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Post by olsmokey on Feb 24, 2009 10:30:05 GMT -5
My nephew says he can get me some 308 military brass. I read somewhere that the primers are staked. Do you need a special tool to deprime them? thanks Dave
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Post by jims on Feb 24, 2009 15:42:54 GMT -5
I can only speak to old 30-06 military brass. As I recall I had no problem depriming, the difficulty was getting a new primer in. I had to take a special tool and slightly enlarge or radius the primer pocket so the new primer would fit in.
As I recall they also had some sort of sealant around the primer to make it especially water tight, 7.62mm brass may be different.
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Post by joe21a on Feb 24, 2009 17:35:53 GMT -5
They will usually punch out ok (sometimes you can bend primer pin) Then you need to swedge the primer pocket to move the crimp. Rcbs makes a good one.
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Post by billc on Feb 25, 2009 17:29:02 GMT -5
You can swage the pocket or there are hand reamers from Lyman and others. I never thought it was that much trouble to do and I have done thousands of 308 and 223. Just remember military brass is thicker than civilian bass so there is less volume in the case so you get more pressure with less powder. Be careful as you go above about 75% of max book loads -- nothing magical about 75% it's where I start look real close for pressure signs.
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Post by ozark on Feb 25, 2009 21:53:24 GMT -5
If I remember correctly there was more demand for Match grade brass than the ordinary Ball. Is there a difference? Just curious, I sure don't know.
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Post by tcmech on Feb 25, 2009 21:58:26 GMT -5
The only military brass I have reloaded is 45acp match and it seems like any other brass to me.
I started to re-size some 7.62 match brass to 243, but gave up on the project when I had a chance to trade it for once fired 243.
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