bamabound Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Just wanting to start a little discussion here. What head stamps do you hate running into? Do you scrap or use them for lost brass matches? My number one pain the butt brass has always been CBC in 9mm. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCTaylor Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 CBC and S&B are in my recycle pile. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hi-Power Jack Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 CBC, S&B, military and any NT brass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtturn Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 CBC, tulammo, imt, FM Sent from my MotoG3 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrswanson1 Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 I'm too cheap to throw away good brass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtturn Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 I'm too cheap to throw away good brass.It's not good brass. That's the point of this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrswanson1 Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 I'm too cheap to throw away good brass.It's not good brass. That's the point of this thread. How about this. If I can get the brass to work, it's good enough. I don't reload steel case. That goes straight to the trash can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shmella Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 I'll reiterate IMT and TULAMMO. If I see them I scrap them. And anything with a crimped primer pocket but I'll stop throwing those away when a 1050 hits the bench. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToddKS Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 For those who have replied, what makes certain headstamps "bad"? What are the characteristics that cause you problems? Some are commonly known: S&B has tight primer pockets FM/IMT is stepped case Interested in the problems people are having with Tul, CBC, etc. Sent from my SM-N920P using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Wow I'm really surprised. CBC and Tula go in my misc bucket since I sort everything. They load and shoot and reload fine in 9MAJOR. S&B as well but it needs swept with a magnet first and the reamed. As for crimped brass I just let it accumulate and ream it all on a cold winter day. My PITA/ scrap list is IMT/FM that has a ledge. LY because I once loaded a round and pulled the bullet right out with my fingers because the case wall was super thin. AMERC because it's universally regarded as junk. HERTERS Oddly enough I have trouble with Herters primer pockets crushing primers even if reamed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Freeman Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Amerc and FM/IMT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armydad Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 ammoland - I believe that's it. Won't resize despite roll-sizing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bkreutz Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 (edited) Ammoload, IMT because they're stepped cases.CBC because the primer pockets are tight. Tul(and any ammo with Cyrillic headstamps) because I don't like Russian. Everything else I'll load 9 major, how many times depends on how they look during subsequent inspections. Edited June 2, 2016 by Bkreutz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bkreutz Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 (edited) ........................... deleted picture, made no sense after the three threads got merged. Edited June 2, 2016 by Bkreutz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtturn Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Wow I'm really surprised. CBC and Tula go in my misc bucket since I sort everything. They load and shoot and reload fine in 9MAJOR. S&B as well but it needs swept with a magnet first and the reamed. 90% of my case gauge failures were from CBC and Tula. Culling those two headstamps alone boosted my efficiency exponentially. Regarding S&B, it seems to be very high quality brass provided you ream or swage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shmella Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Wow I'm really surprised. CBC and Tula go in my misc bucket since I sort everything. They load and shoot and reload fine in 9MAJOR. S&B as well but it needs swept with a magnet first and the reamed. 90% of my case gauge failures were from CBC and Tula. Culling those two headstamps alone boosted my efficiency exponentially. Regarding S&B, it seems to be very high quality brass provided you ream or swage. Exactly this. Jacketed bullets in particular with Tula would bulge so bad they have locked up more than one gun where I couldn't rack the slide to eject the round. I had to use the end of a table to push the slide against to eject the round. I started case gauging after that and tula almost 90% of the time wouldn't gauge so I started culling them out. IMC has stepped cases and I had them split in half at the step more than once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bamabound Posted June 2, 2016 Author Share Posted June 2, 2016 For me CBC has always loaded a a lot longer than target OAL. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smeeg Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 anything with a stepped case Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxbat Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Stepped cases, NT, Amerc and Tula. CBC and S&B? Love them, don't see any issues. Load just fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DudeRick Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Only load blazer, fc, speer, and win. Ditto, I only reload Remington, Federal, Speer and Winchester. The reset gets sold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve RA Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 I only use Winchester and sell all the rest (except steel, of course). Whatever brass you don't want to use, save it up and sell it to another shooter or to a scrap yard, same with expended primers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxbat Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 I have about 50 blown cases in my collection, and about 49 of them are Winchester. From what I know, they are the weakest brass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve RA Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 I use them for 9 Minor or just target shooting so can't comment on any for Open class loads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rustybayonet Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 I'm too cheap to throw away good brass. I'm there! If I can reload it, I do. Well maybe not tula. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thermobollocks Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 Split mouths and Berdan primers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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