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On another forum I have been told that the LAX headstamp is Starline brass with a custom headstamp. Brass looked good after the initial running of 100, I'll clean and see how the primer pockets look.

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Headstamp on these is "LAX", but I'll shoot some tomorrow and see if they have the step inside and throw them out if they do...

LAX headstamp is good to go from what I know, I don't know if it is Starline or not, seems like awfully expensive brass to use for that type of ammo but if it is, that would be great.

I'm chicken s**t, I sort all 9mm by head stamp. I use Win, FC, PMC, R-P, and Blazer and pitch everything else. I am thinking of including Speer in my future usage.

Definitely add the SPEER brass, it is good.

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Bad brass:

aguila - brass alloy forms ring near head after repeated reloading. Causes case head separation.

A Merc - Bad quality metal

Ammoload - interior ledge. Case head separation

IMT - Interior ledge case head separation.

FM - interior ledge.

L Y (Norinco China) - Primer pockets too lose

Para (Norinco China) - loose primer pockets

Triangle(Norinco China) - case head failures

Thick cases:

CBC (Brazil) - Hard to resize. Thick case walls

Tight or crimped primer:

FC NT

HRTRS

NATO

S.B.

WCC

Win NT

Good brass:

Armscor

Blazer (primer pockets a little loose)

FC

GFL (Fiocci)

HPR

*I* (Independence - Speer)

PMC

RP

RWS (swiss)

Speer

WIN

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I'd flag the Norinco (I see L Y and Triangle here) as bad/too soft metal. My worst case gauge failure come from these head stamps - but they still shoot in Glocks and Tanfos. These and Amerc would be my top candidates for culling - IF I start culling again....

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Bad brass:

aguila - brass alloy forms ring near head after repeated reloading. Causes case head separation.

A Merc - Bad quality metal

Ammoload - interior ledge. Case head separation

IMT - Interior ledge case head separation.

FM - interior ledge.

L Y (Norinco China) - Primer pockets too lose

Para (Norinco China) - loose primer pockets

Triangle(Norinco China) - case head failures

Thick cases:

CBC (Brazil) - Hard to resize. Thick case walls

Tight or crimped primer:

FC NT

HRTRS

NATO

S.B.

WCC

Win NT

Good brass:

Armscor

Blazer (primer pockets a little loose)

FC

GFL (Fiocci)

HPR

*I* (Independence - Speer)

PMC

RP

RWS (swiss)

Speer

WIN

Thanks for this list. This helps with what I'm going to use and disregard.

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Btw, for me, anything in the bad brass category goes in the scrap bin along with anything that doesn't look right.

Cbc gets its own jug.

Tight primer brass goes in another jug.

I also put the nickel plated in another jug, but that is just me saving it for special loads.

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I'm actually a bit more cautious with Starline 'cause I think most of it comes from 9 major and .40 shooters making major with Clays :ph34r:

And I have found 9mm and .40 Starline cases and discovered it was coming from a couple of guys that were shooting standard self defense ammo from a small ammo manufacturer. Happy to find all I could of it.

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For 9mm, I toss any brass with Ammoload / IMT or NATO headstamps, and any with flattened primers.

For .223, I'll toss anything with Berdan primers. I'll also inspect for cracking or case head separation after tumbling.

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i cull cbc (magtech) and aguilla only ... like the guys above.

other than that anything thar doesnt look right.........

send me you old starline ill trade you for pieces of other brass......

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I recently ram into 3 WIN marked cases that had crimped primer pockets. Hoping that does not continue.

I noticed that the other day too. But, I didn't know if it was with 10 - 20 year old ones I found in a cabinet at hunting cabin or new ones from Academy (I mixed them up by mistake)!

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