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aluminum casings

pantera7974pantera7974 Member Posts: 938 ✭✭✭✭
edited April 2002 in Ask the Experts
o.k, since you guys set me straight on my last question, i figured i`d fire another one at ya`(no pun intended)while looking at the shotgun news i found an ad for ammunition in aircraft grade heat treated aluminum casings as they put it, since i dont at this time reload my brass, i figure why buy brass then, the aluminum is cheaper, any one have trouble with this type?i ordered some to try, im firing it though my .357 magnum if that matters
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  • Der GebirgsjagerDer Gebirgsjager Member Posts: 1,673 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Can you give us a reference to the issue and page number? This is a new one to me--the only current production aluminum cases I'm aware of are CCI Blazer which are not reloadable.
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  • pantera7974pantera7974 Member Posts: 938 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    those are the ones, top right corner in the april 29th issue, page47
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  • Der GebirgsjagerDer Gebirgsjager Member Posts: 1,673 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Blazer ammo is Berdan primed, and is stamped NR on the head of the case for "non-reloadable". It is perfectly good ammo, and is produced as a price compromise for those who shoot a lot but don't reload. If you're going to reload you'll want to invest in brass cases.
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  • Rob3448Rob3448 Member Posts: 171 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Well i have fired a case of CCI 9mm into my Beretta no problems. But i tried a box of 357 mag in my desert eagle and it failed to excratc almost every round the rim of the case would just break off.

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  • pantera7974pantera7974 Member Posts: 938 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    i would be firing it in my .357 revolver though, ill try it, if it sucks, i guess ill be buying brass again. its about $8.93 a box for aluminum, and $15.75 per box brass, both 50 rd boxes.
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  • cliffdropover1cliffdropover1 Member Posts: 136 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Actually the aluminum cases CAN be reloaded. The primers can be removed and standard primers will then work. I know this sounds impossible, but I know of one who has done just this. He did have to make a special tool to remove the original primers. He just wanted to prove it could be done.
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  • ked-marked-mar Member Posts: 89 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Simply fill the empty case with water, find a wooden dowel that is a tight fit, and smack it with a hammer. This will drive the old primer out. I wouldn't do this in the house, as the water goes every-where, when the primer pops out!!
    Just resize, and reprime, and you are ready to go. I think I would let the cases dry for a while. A few min. in the oven at 100 degrees will take care of that.
    Just find a block of wood, and drill a hole a little larger than the primer to set it on when you smack it.

    P.S. Drill the hole all the way thru the block of wood.

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  • ked-marked-mar Member Posts: 89 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I must add that I've done this on Berdan primed .45 ACP. but never tried on a aluminum case. I don't know whay it wouldn't work, but procede with caution!!


    Good luck

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