xracer Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Anyone have experience with A-Merc stamped brass in 45 ACP? I must have picked up a bunch (50pcs or so) at the range at some point. I can tell immediately when priming that it is this A-Merc brass, it has very loose primer pockets... Not sure if I'm going to load or shoot it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 A Merc heads the, "Throw this junk in the scrap bucket", list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougM Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Agree with Sarge. Trash it. I had real problems with it chambering. Don't know if it is thicker than others or what was going on but I couldn't depend on it. I routinely dump it whenever I pick up some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xracer Posted December 31, 2016 Author Share Posted December 31, 2016 Think I'll load it and red marker it so I don't pick it back up. Others seem to feel the same way about it. Does it come as a loaded round or do you buy it to reload? I don't recall seeing this brand at any stores that I frequent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taroman Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Absolute trash. Out of spec. Flash holes sometimes off center. Find a way to pass it off to someone you don't like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solvability Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 I think they changed their name but I do not know if they changed their game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mont1120 Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Throw the crap away, I would not trust it for any reason other then to recycle it, or make key rings out of it. Half the time it will not size right, half the time the bullet crushes the shell. Terrible stuff......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xracer Posted January 1, 2017 Author Share Posted January 1, 2017 Normally I clean out the range stall before I start shooting and only pick up the brass From what my friends and I shot. I don't know how I got so many of these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RePete Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 In the words of Monty Python, from The Holy Grail, run away, run away! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterthefish Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Think I'll load it and red marker it so I don't pick it back up. Others seem to feel the same way about it. Does it come as a loaded round or do you buy it to reload? I don't recall seeing this brand at any stores that I frequent.Go nuts. I've had 2 case head separations in .45 with it. Standard pressure loads. Not old beat up brass either. As long as you're not shooting it out of a gun that you care about I wouldn't worry. Heck I even found all the parts it blew off my FNP 45! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njl Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 What's really amazing here, is that if you found 50 in one place, someone made it through a box of that junk without a bunch of jams and giving up. I keep a few pieces of brass in each caliber I load next to the press to stand in for the powder drop station when calibrating the powder drop. A-Merc is perfectly good for that. Maybe even for making dummy rounds. I wouldn't reuse their brass for anything requiring live primers and powder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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