NATO once-fired brass!

[drine]

I found this site looking for brass and took the plunge on 300 pieces. I just got them today and looked through them. They have been tumbled 98% clean with a few that needed a scotchbrite rub to finish it. Very nice 2007-2009 WCC marked cases. Very few culls and as a matter of fact the culls are all fired from some kind of roller locked rifle, i.e. CETME, HK, PTR, etc. These looked fair but a couple had FTE marks and dents that I'll set aside for now. $58.00 for the lot. This will do me for a while on the 7.62 reload front! BTW, as to the culls, he adds extra pieces so I still have at least 300 good ones!
round_2brass@grandecom.net

He's in Roundrock, TX.

[Anthropy]

Are they deprimed and have the pockets swaged?

[drine]

Not deprimed. They have the obvious swage ring. I ran them through the resizing die and used my deburring tool on a couple to start. Curious thing is I don't need to. The primer goes in like normal without any work. Having a bunch of Federal .223 a while back I know what it is to remove the swage so this has me stumped.

[bladeworks123]

Not deprimed. They have the obvious swage ring. I ran them through the resizing die and used my deburring tool on a couple to start. Curious thing is I don't need to. The primer goes in like normal without any work. Having a bunch of Federal .223 a while back I know what it is to remove the swage so this has me stumped.

Sometimes the swaging is done light and it varies from lot to lot and arsenal to arsenal. I have had some do the same thing, usually you will find that is is related to specific lots or years. I've also encountered some that the flash hole was undersized a little and got the decapping pin stuck in the case. Different brands and lots of primers sometimes make the difference also, some are a little heavier cup and some are butter edged... You lucked out and got the right combination going for you this time...

[drine]

Good news. These are beautiful. Looks like about 10% from an HK type weapon. I loaded 50 last night with the hunting load that worked well earlier. I see Midway has FMJ 150g in stock for a change. @100 bucks for 500. Any better FMJ deals?

[gr8shot]

Gunbroker always has some good deals on 150fmj bullets. Recently seen some on there for 79.00 per 500. Auction Arms also is worth a look.