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| I would load it up and shoot the cases.
I don't believe this brass has any "special" value.
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| Frankford Arsenal closed in 1977. It made a limited number of National Match 7.62 ammunition, but I never heard of FA .243, let alone Match .243. What does the headstamp look like? |
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| If it is marked 7.62 Match on the headstamp, but actually is about .243 inside neck diameter, it is brass that someone has neck downed and reformed to .243. When I was much younger and in the military, I had access to a lot of .308/7.62 brass that I reformed into .243 and 7-08Rem to lower my costs of shooting.
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| I have some LC Match brass that I tortured into
6.5X50 Japanese Arisaka "Match" brass. |
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| quote: Originally posted by prof242:
If it is marked 7.62 Match on the headstamp, but actually is about .243 inside neck diameter, it is brass that someone has neck downed and reformed to .243. When I was much younger and in the military, I had access to a lot of .308/7.62 brass that I reformed into .243 and 7-08Rem to lower my costs of shooting.
Back when I started shooting in the 1950's, NM .30-'06 brass was in plentiful supply and we college students used it for everything. I still have an RCBS forming die set .30-'06 to .250 Savage which I used to make cases for my .22-.250. |
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| quote: Originally posted by 1 DiSR4759:
I have some LC Match brass that I tortured into
6.5X50 Japanese Arisaka "Match" brass.
That must have been some job! Did you swage the heads or turn them? |
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