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Old 01-13-2010, 03:07 PM   #1
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range brass

just gout home form the range and while i was there i picked up a 2gal bucket of brass mainly hand gun but some rifle. and that was just what was laying on top of the snow. now to go and sort it out to see what i can use and what i cant.
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Old 01-13-2010, 03:21 PM   #2
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I keep my eye out for what I can use at the range. Reminds me of the day I picked up 50 some .454 Casull and 40 some .45 Colt cases off of the ground.
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Old 01-13-2010, 04:57 PM   #3
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well i got it sorted

28 6.8spc- i have no use for
around 100 9mm no use for
15 223 no use for
10 380 auto no use for
10 32 auto no use for
10 i have no clue the case says lc72 there 1.280 long and the out side dia. is .338

also found about 100 45auto that i can use and some 40s&w and 38spl.

can you reload CCI brass and blazer
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Old 01-13-2010, 05:04 PM   #4
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well i got it sorted

28 6.8spc- i have no use for
around 100 9mm no use for
15 223 no use for
10 380 auto no use for
10 32 auto no use for
10 i have no clue the case says lc72 there 1.280 long and the out side dia. is .338

also found about 100 45auto that i can use and some 40s&w and 38spl.

can you reload CCI brass and blazer
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Old 01-13-2010, 05:49 PM   #5
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I recently started grabbing up brass again now that I am getting into reloading. Amazing how much some of it can save yoU!
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Old 01-13-2010, 07:35 PM   #6
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well i got it sorted

28 6.8spc- i have no use for
around 100 9mm no use for
15 223 no use for
10 380 auto no use for
10 32 auto no use for
10 i have no clue the case says lc72 there 1.280 long and the out side dia. is .338

also found about 100 45auto that i can use and some 40s&w and 38spl.

can you reload CCI brass and blazer
As long as they aren't that aluminum crap.
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Old 01-13-2010, 07:41 PM   #7
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all the stuff i picked was brass i left that tin looking junk on the ground.

some of the blazer looks differnt from the rest so it might be yellow aluminum.
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Look inside and make sure there is a good clear single flash hole!
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Old 01-14-2010, 09:15 PM   #9
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The problem is you don't have enough of what you want to trade to make it worth the shipping cost.
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Old 01-14-2010, 09:30 PM   #10
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blazer is alu. & cant reload blazers.
reason why its cheaper, just another method to save some money for shooting or having some rounds sitting around. thats for people that dont reload.

I wouldnt throw the other calibers away, if you save enough some reloader might trade ya a box or 2 of ammo at a gun show for the brass.

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10 i have no clue the case says lc72 there 1.280 long and the out side dia. is .338
This sounds like 30 Carbine.
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ahhhh, ive scrounged some blazer cases that are indeed brass, reloaded just fine, a couple times now.
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I used to throw away brass that I didn't have a gun for and sure as s*%#* soon after I would get a gun in that cal. and I was scrambling for brass. now I have a box for brass that I don't currently have a gun for and a box for loaded cartriges that I come across that I don't have a gun for. my most recent pay off was when I got a .380 pistol during the great ammo shortage a few months ago but had a box or so of .380 s in my odd ammo box.
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CCI makes their Blazer line in both brass and aluminum cases. The brass is marked as reloadable on the box. The aluminum is usually cheaper, but not by a lot. It's more a matter of which one you can find on the shelf when you buy new.
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If it's Blazer colored silver. toss them out. Colored gold, good to go.
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my bad, I didnt know blazer even made brass casings, I've only seen the alu. cased stuff at the places I've seen it.
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all the stuff i picked was brass i left that tin looking junk on the ground.

some of the blazer looks differnt from the rest so it might be yellow aluminum.
Some of the cheaper cases will have 2 flash holes. I was told by a friend who is a long time hand load veteran that the brass with 2 holes isn't good to load. If it is brass and has one flash hole you should be OK. Steel and aluminum cases are not good for reloading.
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just gout home form the range and while i was there i picked up a 2gal bucket of brass mainly hand gun but some rifle. and that was just what was laying on top of the snow. now to go and sort it out to see what i can use and what i cant.
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Some of the cheaper cases will have 2 flash holes. I was told by a friend who is a long time hand load veteran that the brass with 2 holes isn't good to load. If it is brass and has one flash hole you should be OK. Steel and aluminum cases are not good for reloading.

I'm not sure that Blazer brass cases were ever Berdan primed.

The aluminum stuff certainly is. You can actually reload steel Boxer primed cases. But it is rough on the dies, doesn't really stretch back like brass, and I had several shave lead from the bullets trying to seat them. Fired them off and never tried again.
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I'm not sure that Blazer brass cases were ever Berdan primed.

The aluminum stuff certainly is. You can actually reload steel Boxer primed cases. But it is rough on the dies, doesn't really stretch back like brass, and I had several shave lead from the bullets trying to seat them. Fired them off and never tried again.
I didn't mean Blazer Brass. I have loaded many of those. Some of the old miliraty surplus brass I have seen has has the two holes.

I never realized you could reload steel. Not sure I would after hearing your post. I try not to shoot factory load steel cases unless in a revolver.
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