7kings Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Pretty sure this is Armscor brass, but whatever it is, it seems to be consistently out of spec. Every other brand I've run into gauges without problem, but it seems like this headstamp is a regular troublemaker, rarely plunking obediently into the case gauge. Anyone else having these issues with A USA brass? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aceinyerface Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 I don't use it, but I forget the specific problem that put it on the cull list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike4045 Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 I junk it when I see them. Primer pocket issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7kings Posted July 6, 2015 Author Share Posted July 6, 2015 Man, that really hurt. I went through all my .45 brass last night and today and culled all the A USA brass. I must have lost at least 300 cases to the trashcan, but at least I know that they won't be able to hurt anyone ever again! I know that 300 cases isn't a lot to most folks here, but I'm just starting to load .45, so it represented a decent percentage of my inventory! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan550 Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Man, that really hurt. I went through all my .45 brass last night and today and culled all the A USA brass. I must have lost at least 300 cases to the trashcan, but at least I know that they won't be able to hurt anyone ever again! I know that 300 cases isn't a lot to most folks here, but I'm just starting to load .45, so it represented a decent percentage of my inventory! Don't trash 'em! Save that stuff and sell it for scrap brass along with your fired primers. There's money there in that stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve RA Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 +10 on post #5 !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7kings Posted July 6, 2015 Author Share Posted July 6, 2015 Sorry, I was being dramatic. Not literally a trashcan - a bucket in my garage with a bunch of other recyclables. Basically, I was just lamenting the loss of what I had considered to be good .45 brass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aceinyerface Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Man, that really hurt. I went through all my .45 brass last night and today and culled all the A USA brass. I must have lost at least 300 cases to the trashcan, but at least I know that they won't be able to hurt anyone ever again! I know that 300 cases isn't a lot to most folks here, but I'm just starting to load .45, so it represented a decent percentage of my inventory! Don't trash 'em! Save that stuff and sell it for scrap brass along with your fired primers. There's money there in that stuff! I am getting a fat bucket going, what is the scrap value, or how much do you end up making when you scrap it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve RA Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 About $1.50 a pound, brass and primers, seems to be the rate reported lately. Check around if there is more than one scrap dealer in your vicinity, they all seem to differ a little in their prices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfalcon00 Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 I can't say I've ever noticed a problem with that brass in 45 acp. Then again I usually duplicate the Winchester white box stuff so it might not be to the pressures some of the rest of you guys are loading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7kings Posted July 7, 2015 Author Share Posted July 7, 2015 I can't say I've ever noticed a problem with that brass in 45 acp. Then again I usually duplicate the Winchester white box stuff so it might not be to the pressures some of the rest of you guys are loading. This was with once-fired brass that I shot myself from factory ammo, so it hadn't been reloaded previously. I will say that I was able to take some unfired Armscor ammo and it plunked just fine, so I'm wondering if the factory loads are too much for whatever grade of brass they're using, causing some sort of distortion that isn't corrected with the sizing die... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfalcon00 Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 I can't say I've ever noticed a problem with that brass in 45 acp. Then again I usually duplicate the Winchester white box stuff so it might not be to the pressures some of the rest of you guys are loading. This was with once-fired brass that I shot myself from factory ammo, so it hadn't been reloaded previously. I will say that I was able to take some unfired Armscor ammo and it plunked just fine, so I'm wondering if the factory loads are too much for whatever grade of brass they're using, causing some sort of distortion that isn't corrected with the sizing die... You know I didn't think of it that way but it's an interesting thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7kings Posted July 8, 2015 Author Share Posted July 8, 2015 I didn't care enough to check the case measurements on these discarded cases, but I think I'm going to put some calipers on a couple to see if I can identify exactly what the issue is (mostly out of curiosity - if it's nothing that a resizing die is going to fix, they're no use to me). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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