RWS 9mm brass

[justmike]

I was given a bunch of 1 fired RWS 9mm brass. It came from the stuff they sell at Wally World. I thought it was reloadable but now I have a question about it. I was hand priming them with a Lee primer and at the start the primer is pretty hard to get started then it just snaps in. I can't really tell if the primer pocket is crimped or not. I primed about 20 of them and they all do it. Is this stuff ok to reload? And if it is what is up with the primer pocket. Thanks

[BayouSlide]

Interesting...I ran into a half dozen of these as once fired range pickups just last week. Since I didn't recognize the headstamp, I just consigned it to the scrap pile to play it safe.

Curtis

[Too_Slow]

Well from what I find it is German made. RWS = Rheinisch-Westfälische Sprengstoff A.-G., Nürnberg-U. Germany. So it should be pretty good brass but other than that I could not say.

[TonyT]

I have used RWS~rifle brass but do not remeber seeing any RWS pistol brass. S&B 9mm brass also has tight primer pockets and some people have speculated it was due to the primer pockets being reamed rather than swaged. I use S&B brass but am careful in the priming step.

[justmike]

Thanks for the replys. From what I have been able to find it is ok to reload. Thanks for all the replys.

[Dodgethis!]

I have the same problem with the "F C NT" 9mm brass. Used two different brand primers CCI & Win. It ends up in the junk pile.

[itchy]

I have the same problem with the "F C NT" 9mm brass. Used two different brand primers CCI & Win. It ends up in the junk pile.

The FC NT, is Federal Non Toxic. The primer pockets are crimped. I load on a 1050, which has a swaging station, so it's not an issue. I can tell when I get one of the NT cases, as the depriming is a little more difficult.

Seiichi