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Several questions I have after sorting thru some brass collected at the range: 1) Is Wolf brand worth reloading? I haven't heard anything good about their ammo, and wasn't sure if the steel casings were reloadable. (Plus, the 9mm casings have twin primer holes, can these be deprimed?) 2) What brand is it that (in 9mm) has a OS (or SO) and the numbr 64 on the head? The brass has twin primer holes inside. Are these reloadable/worth the trouble? I am sure I will have more questions as I sort thru the brass, but thanks for answering these so far. F6 | ||
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Toss the Wolf stuff. The steel cases are not worth reloading, the primer pockets are not deprimable with std dies and will damage the deprime pin. The primers are Berdan not boxer type and are not interchangable. I1ve heard some type of steel cases are reloadable but I would not personally waste my time with them, if they are not brass I dump them. | |||
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I have reloaded the Wolf .45ACP rounds.They are boxer primed.Didn't have any problems. Brass is still better. The Rooski's use steel because good brass is much more exspensive. | |||
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Since you got the brass for free, toss the steel and toss the Berdan primed cases. Well, even if you paid for them, I would toss them anyway. | |||
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Quote: Am I correct to assume that Berdans are the uncentered, twin-holed primers that aren't deprimable by the standard method? (I imagine they COULD be deprimed with special tools and a lot of work, but why bother?) I thought so on the Wolf, I was discarding it along with the aluminum stuff. Any answers on the brass I first asked about, the OS 64 stuff? | |||
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Yup, the Berdan cases are the ones with two holes. They can be deprimed and reprimed, but they just aren't worth it! As for the headstamps... http://stevespages.com/intheadstamps.html | |||
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Hey,I'm a brass scrounger too. Just can't leave one laying at the range etc. I then have mixed cases. Then I take pains to get the precise powder charge and all. But you know what? Mixing brands of cases will have much more impact than a grain or so difference in powder. We discuss hard chambering--even when you full length resize. With ammo really being such a small portion of the cost of a hunt,wouldn't it really make sense to BUY new brass for our hunting loads? Nah--look at all the money we save scrounging brass. Wonder if Dr Phil could help with this dilemma? | |||
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I even pick up brass that that I have no use for. What is Dr. Phils #?  | |||
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Poletax--You pick up brass you have no use for? Really? You go beyond Dr Phil,you need Dr Kavarkian. | |||
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carpetman, yeah I got it bad. I have found that I have lots of shooting buddy's that visit my reloading room and put first dibs on all unwanted brass I have layin' around. Some even promise to trade me brass I use for brass I don't need. When my unwanted brass leaves,thats usually the last I hear about it.  I can be visiting the pilferers reloading room and make em feel bad enough that I leave with a canister of powder.  | |||
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Ok, so I am quickly becoming part of a certifiable (note: I did not say certifiED) group of ppl who need help. Great. But since you are a scrounger, how do you go about sorting that brass? I am knocking my brain right now, trying to automate the process. I worked for an hour last night, and only sorted about 500 rounds. And that's just getting them into groups, not cleaning and inspecting them. I am currently working on making my own tumbler, based on some questions in another thread, and so can't clean them right now, but want to get crackin' real soon. TIA! F6 Quote: | |||
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