Pull down brass

Yes.

Commercial.
And my own. (Range pickup. Reloads given to me. Old loads for firearms no longer with me. Loads that didn't work out. Etc....)


It's brass.
If it isn't screwed up, it's brass. ;)
 
Yes, I've used quite a bit of LC pulldown brass.

Pulldown is a term that describes components of military ammunition that has been disassembled into components. Usually they are sold as primed brass, pulled bullets, and pulled powder.

Jimro
 
Have 1/2 of a 5 gallon bucket of 7.62x51 (new, primed) , 8# of RL15, and a 3# coffee can of 175 HPBT(match) awaiting a need. All of it pulldown/reclaimed.
 
Yes, I have used quite a bit.
It is cheaper than new, though in reality it is "new" unfired.

I have never had a bad experience and don't see why anyone would; at least not any more than a bad experience with any new brass.
 
Wouldn't use 'range pickup' myself. Too many unknowns. Had to have my people clean up a CF range after the Provincial Police 'SWAT' guys hadn't bothered picking their's up(very big time violation of CF range rules), got 2500 9mm cases. All of which had lacquered in primers. Still PO'd about it. No damage to anything, but it's an example of what you can run into with 'range brass'.
However, like FrankenMauser says, "If it isn't screwed up, it's brass."
 
I've used a lot of "pull down" powder, a few hundred "pull down" bullets, but no "pull down" brass. I would suspect that marks on the bullets are from the tools used to load and to pull them.

The pull down powder I used had a "civilian" equivalent so no problems finding load data. I have used a lot of "range brass" and "once fired" brass, in nearly all the calibers I reload, especially 45 ACP, 9mm, 30-06, and 7.61x51/308.

I started reloading with range pickups from the local police range (in 1969) and got several hundred .38 Special cases and had zero problems reloading them.
 
Need to resize the pulldown brass or OK to load? I figure may just need neck sizing, but most people have full length sizing die.
 
Its essentially new brass thats never been fired.....but im wondering about the primer....usually with new i treat the brass like its been fired...check em in my chambers before i size.....then go through the brass prep
 
What can go wrong?
Berdan primer
Boxer primer pocket has been crimped
cartridge was sealed with a tar like product on inside of neck
varnish on outside of case
made out of steel, not brass
case necks brittle
Lee factory crimp on neck mouth
 
I loaded a bunch of pull-down berdan primed 7.62x51 cases before..it was cheap enough to make sense for plinking ammo and I worked up the load with that pre-primed brass; I don't remember ever having a misfire or anything. I did neck size each of them with the decapping pin removed.
 
Tar Bullet Seal 7.62

LC Pull Down is excellent brass and primer.

If we are talking about 7.62x51 LC it may/probably will arrive with residue of a tar bullet seal. If you need/want to full length size, the expander ball will collect tar. I have read that these cases often do not need sizing and the tar can help hold your bullet. From a reloading (as opposed to sizing) perspective, the tar can be ignored and shot thru, or removed with Xylene on a Q-tip.
 
I am a tad lazy and don't bother removing the tar from LC 7.62 cases. Remove the expander ball if you feel the need to run the brass through a reisizing die which is only necessary if the pulled brass won't chamber in the rifle you are reloading for, then just use a boat tail bullet. Makes for good practice ammo (you can still get sub-MOA groups this way) and the tar is gone between the first firing and the subsequent cleaning on reloading.

Jimro
 
Author: Ben
I got these a few days after I ordered them. I paid for ups shipping and they sent it through USPS.
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You can get a tracking number from FEDEX and USPS delivery. I know, it seems one got tired of hauling it around and then decided they would allow someone else to haul it for a while. What is not practice is each company having a local delivery vehicle covering large cities like the wind.

It gets complicated when something disappears/gets stolen. I do not care who stole it I need my part. I do not care if he said they said, I want my part. And then there is the cheapest route as in airplane or ground.

USPS said I had to pay $21.00 to ship a Rock Chucker with dies to S.A. TX. I insisted on shipping ground and I did not want 2 day service. They insisted it was going to cost $21.00 by ground or 2 day, they insisted they did not have either or; if mailed the item it was going to cost $21.00. Anyhow, financially the postal service is going better.

F. Guffey
 
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