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I have some .308 brass a buddy sent me from other parts, and I am unfamiliar with it...I have two questions for anyone that may have experience with this brand of brass:

1) I am curious where it comes from...the marking looks like it may be Russian to me - but I am not sure?

2) Is this brass reloadable? I am working up some hunting rounds and my buddy sent me boat loads of this brass, anyone ever reload it and have any experiences with it...

Thanks for any info!

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Sorry, let me try this again...I think I copied the wrong code to post the picture...



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i've never seen that, but as long as it is brass and not berdan primed, you should be able to load it.
 
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EekerCould be Bosnian, Serbian or another of the old Yugoslaian contries. Can go under many names such as PRVI, Hansen or others. popcorn
All I have seen and used is boxer primed and I have found nothing wrong with it and that was in at least 4 calibers. beerroger


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Looks like Prvi Partizan Brass made in Serbia.

It is boxer primed and fully reloadable.

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I would resize it and decap it and weigh some of it and then compare that weight to some of your other decaped brass to dtermine if it is extra thick or not...to make sure you don't have any internal volume concerns


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Originally posted by Mike_Dettorre:
I would resize it and decap it

before you do that look into the empty case with a flashlight and make sure it only has one flash hole in the center of the case. If there are two or three then you can't reload it! Attempts to do so will ruin your decapping punch.

Like the others here I'd bet it's reloadable.


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That is the headstamp of Prvi Partisan AKA PPU.

They have a web site. They once produced some of the Hanson line of ammo.
I have seen milsurp 8X57 with the nny headstamp that was berdan primed. All the commercially packaged ammo I has seen in the US has been boxer primed. That includes 8X57, 6.5X55, 7X57, .303 British and 6.5 Carcano.
 
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Thanks for the great info, I appreciate it. I didn't know how to tell the difference between berdan primed and box primed.

Also that is a great tip on comparing the weight...I had not thought of that, thank you Mike.


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We have that kind of brass in Australia.
Its boxer primed. The case prep takes forever.
I've picked some up at the range. It's not Lapua buts its OK to use


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A friend who I load for dropped off some .270 brass with me a few weeks ago. Among the W-W stuff there were four or five rounds of Prvi Partisan brass. The PP brass had a slightly larger head (or different rim cut), enough so that it would not easily enter a Lee primer tool shellholder. I'm sure there is nothing wrong with the brass, but dimensionally you may find some challenges reloading it.
 
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RHK ; May I impose upon you to post another picture of a couple of pieces of that brass

in particular the head stamp it's self . I would like to see a number more

clearly if that's possible . Thank You . thumb
 
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