JThompson Posted September 22, 2007 Share Posted September 22, 2007 I have some brass that's giving me an issue or two. It has either a 68 or an 89 on the head stamp along with a Delta or Triangle. These are not only hard to resize, but the primer pocket is too small to seat right leading to high primers. I got a feel for them now and just pull them from the press on decap. I was just wondering who makes them? JT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPatterson Posted September 22, 2007 Share Posted September 22, 2007 Question, if they are a problem, why are you still using them? I sort all my brass after I clean it & if it is not Win, Fed, Rem, PMC or Starline I give it to someone less discriminating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JThompson Posted September 22, 2007 Author Share Posted September 22, 2007 Question, if they are a problem, why are you still using them? I sort all my brass after I clean it & if it is not Win, Fed, Rem, PMC or Starline I give it to someone less discriminating. I'm not using it, I'm pitching it... I was just wondering what it was? Military maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SA Friday Posted September 22, 2007 Share Posted September 22, 2007 Caliber? I'm thinking foreign military. Give me the caliber and I will see what I can find out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JThompson Posted September 22, 2007 Author Share Posted September 22, 2007 (edited) Caliber? I'm thinking foreign military. Give me the caliber and I will see what I can find out. 9mm Lemme know if ya want a pic.... Edited September 22, 2007 by JThompson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnhurd Posted September 22, 2007 Share Posted September 22, 2007 http://cartridgecollectors.org/headstampcodes.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritinUSA Posted September 22, 2007 Share Posted September 22, 2007 It's probably made China (Norinco). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-ManBart Posted September 23, 2007 Share Posted September 23, 2007 Caliber? I'm thinking foreign military. Give me the caliber and I will see what I can find out. 9mm Lemme know if ya want a pic.... Friends don't let friends shoot 9mm Open guns...LOL...just kidding! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SA Friday Posted September 23, 2007 Share Posted September 23, 2007 Actually, I think it's russian manufactured. Russian ammo is usually stamped with a symbol that represents the factory, and the the ones I seen have been stars and triangles, but I've never seen them on 9mm. It's hard to tell though, there have been so many "special ammo" made for "special stuff" that is can get confusing with the military ammo. brass from one country with their headstamp loaded in another factory... bla bla bla. The other two number would be respectively the year of manufacture (ya, kind of a gimmie). It's definately not american, and therefore should be culled immediately. The only other triangle stamp I could find was North Korean , and has a dot in the center of the triangle. I have no idea what North Korea is making for handgun ammo, but if you have some of that.... Um..... It's totally worthless, and you should mail it to me immediately Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnhurd Posted September 23, 2007 Share Posted September 23, 2007 A-Merc is American It's definately not american, and therefore should be culled immediately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SA Friday Posted September 23, 2007 Share Posted September 23, 2007 A-Merc is American It's definately not american, and therefore should be culled immediately. Where did you find that? I even went to the site you posted, and don't see a reference to a triangle or the numbers representing A-Merc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnhurd Posted September 23, 2007 Share Posted September 23, 2007 No No poster said not American should be culled and I said A-Merc shows American (throw em FAR) so the parameters for culling have to be changed. I haven't located the delta headstamp yet sorry for the confuzion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JThompson Posted September 24, 2007 Author Share Posted September 24, 2007 Caliber? I'm thinking foreign military. Give me the caliber and I will see what I can find out. 9mm Lemme know if ya want a pic.... Friends don't let friends shoot 9mm Open guns...LOL...just kidding! Sure you were.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JThompson Posted September 24, 2007 Author Share Posted September 24, 2007 Actually, I think it's russian manufactured. Russian ammo is usually stamped with a symbol that represents the factory, and the the ones I seen have been stars and triangles, but I've never seen them on 9mm. It's hard to tell though, there have been so many "special ammo" made for "special stuff" that is can get confusing with the military ammo. brass from one country with their headstamp loaded in another factory... bla bla bla. The other two number would be respectively the year of manufacture (ya, kind of a gimmie). It's definately not american, and therefore should be culled immediately.The only other triangle stamp I could find was North Korean , and has a dot in the center of the triangle. I have no idea what North Korea is making for handgun ammo, but if you have some of that.... Um..... It's totally worthless, and you should mail it to me immediately No dot in the middle of this one... I'll get a pic up later today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLM Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 Is this is? HERE? I have some that is quite similar but without the caliber printed on it. It's a bit hard to re-size and primers fit tight but I do everything single stage/hand prime so I haven't had any issues using it in production. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JThompson Posted September 24, 2007 Author Share Posted September 24, 2007 (edited) Is this is? HERE? I have some that is quite similar but without the caliber printed on it. It's a bit hard to re-size and primers fit tight but I do everything single stage/hand prime so I haven't had any issues using it in production. That's close... lemme get my ass out of bed and head down to the reloading bench and I'll post one. Damn long weekend with setting up for the match and then helping to run the ROs, shooting and helping tear down. I needed to get back to work where I could get some rest. Post pic in 5 Edited September 24, 2007 by JThompson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLM Posted September 25, 2007 Share Posted September 25, 2007 Most likely the Norinco stuff. I got some in a box of mixed brass I bought. I'm not loading it to major but it hasn't given me any problems other than being a little hard to resize/deprime when I run it through my Redding dies. If I use my Lee die (not a "U" die and not as tight as the Redding) it comes out just fine and loads up good. I don't mind the tight primer pockets as they don't cause me any grief with my Lee hand primer either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JThompson Posted September 25, 2007 Author Share Posted September 25, 2007 Most likely the Norinco stuff. I got some in a box of mixed brass I bought. I'm not loading it to major but it hasn't given me any problems other than being a little hard to resize/deprime when I run it through my Redding dies. If I use my Lee die (not a "U" die and not as tight as the Redding) it comes out just fine and loads up good. I don't mind the tight primer pockets as they don't cause me any grief with my Lee hand primer either. I had shot a few before I caught it and the main reason I pulled it was I caught a few of them not seating all the way and noticed the extra effort in resize. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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