I recently picked up a Sig Sauer 556R Russian SWAT rifle as a toy (after coming to the realization that all of my highpowered rifles are purpose built/bought for putting rounds in small groups with boring regularity) and also for a "when shit hits the fan" rig.

My question is this...

I want to ask you about your impressions of Fiocchi Brass, specifically in 7.62X39mm. I can't find any (affordable) new brass in 7.62X39mm that makes handloading economically feasible. But I can buy Fiocchi loaded ammo at a price that makes sense to me. But I am wondering if the Fiocchi brass will be good for handloading, since that is my ultimate goal.

Given this is a piston driven battle rifle, of course I'm not asking about neck concentricity or the need to de-burr flash holes, I'm more concerned with neck splitting, loose primer pockets, softness, etc.

The sample box of loaded Fiocchi that I bought looks to be nice brass with annealed necks, but I haven't shot any yet.

I appreciate any input.

Thanks!

I've used the Fiocchi brass to a limited extent in my .22 PPC and have had no problem so far.

The nny and Fiocci cases have a head dia. .004" larger than the FC., IMC., Norma, and Winchester.
roger

I bought a 100 round box of Fiocchi 5.56 ammo. I am not kidding when I say that 41 of the 100 cases had primer pockets soo off center that I trashed them. I consider Fiocchi to be high quality but now I wonder.

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Originally posted by D Humbarger:
I bought a 100 round box of Fiocchi 5.56 ammo. I am not kidding when I say that 41 of the 100 cases had primer pockets soo off center that I trashed them. I consider Fiocchi to be high quality but now I wonder.

That's pretty crazy!

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Originally posted by bartsche:

The nny and Fiocci cases have a head dia. .004" larger than the FC., IMC., Norma, and Winchester.
roger

Very interesting. Thanks for sharing that info. I wonder if the larger case head will pose any problems after repeated firings? Especially in a semi-auto. I have the Redding dies, but they didn't mention anything about being a "small base" set. Guess I'll just have to find out!

Thanks again.

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Originally posted by D Humbarger:
I bought a 100 round box of Fiocchi 5.56 ammo. I am not kidding when I say that 41 of the 100 cases had primer pockets soo off center that I trashed them. I consider Fiocchi to be high quality but now I wonder.

Same with a bunch of once fired I picked up from the club range.

The Fiocchi 7.62 x 39 brass I have is great and has survived several loadings, primer pockets are all centered just as in all other brass.

Steve.........

Thanks everyone for your responses. Im going to go for it and see what happens. I will report back with how it goes.