arblacksmith Posted August 12, 2005 Share Posted August 12, 2005 As a beginning reloader, I found several .45 brass cases at a gun range last week. I recognized several (Speer, Starline, Federal, Wilson, Winchester, RP) but I don't recognize any of the following. Can anyone tell me who manufactures them and which ones should I stay away from? WCC 77, 79 Match, 80, 82, 84, 85, 90, 94, 96, 97, 99 TZZ 85, 86 Match, 91 GFL RA 66, 69 Match MFS .45 Auto +P W-W Amerc CBC AP00, AP02 Super-Vel IMI or 1M1 *I* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Jones Posted August 12, 2005 Share Posted August 12, 2005 Here you go-probably more than you ever wanted to know about headstamps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin Orr Posted August 12, 2005 Share Posted August 12, 2005 Here you go-probably more than you ever wanted to know about headstamps! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Thats a pretty good list! Don't know why but that link went to "My Favorites." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sac Law Man Posted August 12, 2005 Share Posted August 12, 2005 arblacksmith, The list supplied should answer your questions..Generally the number after the wcc is the year of manufacture..cases made prior to 1993 have crimped primer pockets. Unless you have a reloader that will take the crimp out of the pockets, you may have a hard time reloading old brass.. Also, brass with the headstamp AMERC, (American) never gauges well for me, so I throw it away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenpo Joe Posted August 12, 2005 Share Posted August 12, 2005 +1 on the AMERC, except that the primers keep falling out. If I miss them when sorting the brass before reloading, I usually find them when loading magazines by the missing primer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boo radley Posted August 12, 2005 Share Posted August 12, 2005 +1 on the AMERC, except that the primers keep falling out. If I miss them when sorting the brass before reloading, I usually find them when loading magazines by the missing primer. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> %*(##@$*( AMERC don't gauge properly, and seem to jam in my Dillon Square Deal B press. Before I started loading, I went through a period of range scrounging at matches and during practice. I remember someone even telling me: "You're welcome to all my brass, but it's AMERC and I personally, don't like to reload it." What did HE know, I thought? I greedily added his hundred casings to my collection. Believe me when I say that I rue that %*(%(# day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+16 Posted August 12, 2005 Share Posted August 12, 2005 +1 on the AMERC, except that the primers keep falling out. If I miss them when sorting the brass before reloading, I usually find them when loading magazines by the missing primer. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> AMERC brass is crap!!!!, I had to take about 400 apart and throw away after I tried to gage them(allways use dillion gage) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBF Posted August 12, 2005 Share Posted August 12, 2005 +2 on the AMERC. It's short thick low quality brass. About anything else works fine in 45 ACP as long as it has a large primer pocket. Travis F. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidwiz Posted August 12, 2005 Share Posted August 12, 2005 Am I the only one on the planet who has never come across Amerc brass? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD45 Posted August 13, 2005 Share Posted August 13, 2005 I got ahold of some of that brass stamped *I* . It's really good stuff! The primer pocket is perfect and they run slick through my Dillon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TreblePlink Posted September 5, 2005 Share Posted September 5, 2005 In .45, I try to stay away from the following: "WIN NT" - these are the non-toxic primer flavor - with SMALL primers. As others have mentioned "A-merc" tend to be highly variable in hardness - sometimes requiring 500% of normal resizing pressure. Finally, I find Remington "R-P" brass to be okay for lead bullets, but marginal for jacketed - the case walls mic about .001 thinner than others and neck tension can be marginal. This problem is even more severe in the "UMC" cases, - I throw those away. Sometimes Winchester "WCC" can have crimped primers - and I haven't figured out a way to cope with those on a 550. The old reliables IMHO are "Winchester", "Federal", and "PMC". Many others are fine too, but YMMV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
folsoml Posted September 5, 2005 Share Posted September 5, 2005 "WIN NT" - these are the non-toxic primer flavor - with SMALL primers. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Federal makes an NT also...with small primers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TM262 Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 AMERC is a bust for me too. It sticks in my press everytime without fail. I have tried to load a few, but they usually will not pass the gauge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZReloader Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 Here's another website to help identify headstamps ATFE Headstamps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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