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Hey Guys,
I was wondering if anyone know were 22 BR brass can be purchased if at all? If not, can I simply run 6mm BR brass into a 22 BR resizing die? Any help would be appreciated.
 
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Try : www.sinclairintl.com.
They sell a lot of the supplies to the benchrest community- they have a fascinating catolog,too.
 
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RCBS has die set for making them from 7,62x39 cases.
 
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Originally posted by K. W.:
RCBS has die set for making them from 7,62x39 cases.



Excuse me, but I believe you are thinking of the .22PPC, not the .22 BR. The .22-BR is not made with ANY brass which has the case head diameter of the 7.62x39. It was originally made by necking down & shortening special Remington .308 cases which had pockets for small rifle primers, and were made of somewhat thinner brass. Some runs of that brass were even head-stamped .22 BR, but were still full .308 length.

I still have some of that brass, and an original full set of Neal Jones dies for converting and loading the brass.

Anyway, yes, one CAN easily make correct .22-BR brass by necking down the 6-BR or (more difficult, but not much more) necking down 7-BR cases. It pays to check the correct overall length of your chamber first, as in the early years of the .22 BR, some gunsmiths didn't cut their chambers the same lengths.
 
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I formed brass for my 22 BR by necking down 6 mm BR brass.

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