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Any one ever heard of this brass.Or a 9mm with an 11 (eleven) on the face??. I was running low on cleaned brass so I got 4K from a local guy. This is half 9mm FM marked. Having a hell of a time with primers....they are really difficult to remove and then accept a new primer. Using a 650 and never encountered a mess like this.Is the a Berdine sp primer??

Lesson learned.....up to this misadventure I always sorted by headstamp and condition before cleaning....this is What I deserve from breaking the routine.......also a lot of strange assorted 9/10 in this batch...was told they were sorted......but they were extremely clean.....lol

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That brass is absolute garbage. It has an internal ridge about 1/4 up the case. I have had (3) pieces of brass split in half in my chamber (before I realized the brass was the problem, I now throw ever piece in the trash). Ammoland, IMT, FM it's all absolute garbage. It's some short cut in the manufacturing process that allows them to save a cent or two during production.

Don't even think of loading these if you are shooting 9 major. It's a recipe for a frustrating trip home from the range!

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FM, IMT, and AmmoLand are all complete shite. And don't use Geco for major 9mm open either, just as bad. And I would tell your homie to kick you down another 2K of good brass, or give you back half your $$$. Every shooter on the planet knows the stuff is crap. Wonder why all the rest of the ammo makers don't use a stepped case????

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Hello: I have been just finding out about this in the past couple of weeks. I shot a friends gun yesterday and it jammed. Pull the stuck case out and sure enough a FM case. They are a two piece case that will sometimes leave the top ring in the chamber. I have another friend that this happened to. These were both major loads but I still would not use them for minor. Looks like a major problem to me for everyone. Thanks, Eric

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FM brass is okay to load for minor and where PF isn't an issue. Before reloading, I bought a few cases of FM ammo and saved the brass. I've reloaded the same FM brass at least two times with no case separation issues. But I usually use those reloads at lost brass matches.

The primer pockets aren't crimped as far as I can tell, and I haven't had trouble depriming them. It is terrible brass, though, with the flash coming out into the primer pocket. That's probably where the OP's primer seating issues stem from.

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You know that is not an all bad idea. Turn that crap brass back in to Xtreme for the credit. I don't know why but that never even crossed my mind.

Last I looked they are only giving $1.80 a pound. Then you have to pay to ship it to them. Sure would need a shitload of the junk to make it worth the bother.
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You know that is not an all bad idea. Turn that crap brass back in to Xtreme for the credit. I don't know why but that never even crossed my mind.

Last I looked they are only giving $1.80 a pound. Then you have to pay to ship it to them. Sure would need a shitload of the junk to make it worth the bother.

Hmm yeah probably so. Interesting thought though.

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FM brass is okay to load for minor and where PF isn't an issue.

Depends who you talk to. There are numerous reports of this separation even in minor pf loads.
+1 you're better off not loading it at all
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