chris in va
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Considering how plentiful 9mm brass is, just toss or recycle the offending headstamps and continue about your business.
9mm Brass Problem
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If, as he described, only the floor of the primer cup came off but the sides of the cup stayed behind, he'll need more than a reamer to get it out all the way to the bottom. However, the bottom of a corrosion-bonded primer cup coming clean away instead of looking like a hanging chad is not something I would not expect to see consistently. I wondered if perhaps the brass had a ring crimp and the remains of that crimp is what looks like a sleeve inside the pocket. Here's a photo comparing a ring crimp (on the left) to a staked crimp on rifle brass. You see how it might be mistaken for the edge of a a liner in the primer pocket. In any event, a simple countersink will cut it out if you don't have the special tools. You don't need to go very deep to get the crimp out. As a quick check, if an 11/64" drill will fit in afterward, it has no cup sides in there with it.
I know the Brits can sometimes be a bit left-leaning, but I hardly think they've joined the commie block. The RG 03 61X headstamp likely means Radway Green 2003, internal ID number 61X. The Royal Ordnance Factory at Radway Green makes ammunition typically headstamped with either RG or RORG, the year the case was made and primed (though not necessarily the year it was loaded) and then a set of letters and numbers that probably steer them to internal records regarding the specific lot in case an audit is required. Some of their ammunition, especially before 1990, was Berdan primed. I don't know if they still produce both Berdan and Boxer primed cartridges.
Tsquared said:
I know the Brits can sometimes be a bit left-leaning, but I hardly think they've joined the commie block. The RG 03 61X headstamp likely means Radway Green 2003, internal ID number 61X. The Royal Ordnance Factory at Radway Green makes ammunition typically headstamped with either RG or RORG, the year the case was made and primed (though not necessarily the year it was loaded) and then a set of letters and numbers that probably steer them to internal records regarding the specific lot in case an audit is required. Some of their ammunition, especially before 1990, was Berdan primed. I don't know if they still produce both Berdan and Boxer primed cartridges.