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crocodile_dondii

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Can you reload steel cases?
« on: January 20, 2013, 04:25:27 AM »
I am not a shooter of 7.62x39 but a friend IS, and he showed me some Chinese-manufactured ammo he recently bought.

Steel cases, and I am wondering if that stuff is reloadable?  And if it is, can you run it through carbide dies (if they exist) or do you lube it and size it like brass cartridges?

Also, will an SKS or an AK handle soft-pointed ammo, or does it deform with recoil or have feed problems?
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Re: Can you reload steel cases?
« Reply #1 on: January 20, 2013, 08:28:47 AM »
Not recommended.  Trying to reload would be hazardous to a person's limbs.  I don't shoot steel cased ammo.  Many have corrosive primers and are hard on extractors. 

Reloading is much more than putting in primer, powder and bullets.

Throw them away.  This is why they are usually cheap.
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Re: Can you reload steel cases?
« Reply #2 on: January 20, 2013, 08:44:44 AM »
A lot of steel case ammo has the wrong type of primer for reloading .
(I can never keep "Boxer" and "Berdan" straight)
Reloading is possible, but it requires drilling a new flash hole between the 2 existing ones and is generally more of a PITA than it's worth.
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Re: Can you reload steel cases?
« Reply #3 on: January 20, 2013, 10:06:07 AM »
I would guess steel would be tough on dies designed for brass.
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Re: Can you reload steel cases?
« Reply #4 on: January 20, 2013, 07:56:55 PM »
Boxer = Yes
Berdan = No

Steel = trow them out


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Re: Can you reload steel cases?
« Reply #5 on: January 20, 2013, 08:03:55 PM »
Lets see If I finally have this memorized .
Berdan primers, developed in the US ( Berdan commanded 1st US Sharpshooters during the Civil war)
2 flash holes , widely used in Europe .
Boxer primers, developed in England, one flash hole, reload friendly, most common in US.
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Re: Can you reload steel cases?
« Reply #6 on: January 21, 2013, 05:17:46 PM »
Quote from: tombogan03884 on January 20, 2013, 08:03:55 PM
Lets see If I finally have this memorized .
Berdan primers, developed in the US ( Berdan commanded 1st US Sharpshooters during the Civil war)
2 flash holes , widely used in Europe .
Boxer primers, developed in England, one flash hole, reload friendly, most common in US.

You got it.  I remembered the countries switched....I just never was able to remember which country made which.

I tried remembering that the Boxer Rebellion wasn't here...but then got confused about whether the primer wasn't invented  here or wasn't in popular use here

So I remembered Boxer was in my ammo box


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Re: Can you reload steel cases?
« Reply #7 on: January 21, 2013, 05:53:31 PM »
Quote from: tombogan03884 on January 20, 2013, 08:03:55 PM
Lets see If I finally have this memorized .
Berdan primers, developed in the US ( Berdan commanded 1st US Sharpshooters during the Civil war)
2 flash holes , widely used in Europe .
Boxer primers, developed in England, one flash hole, reload friendly, most common in US.

Quote from: Solus on January 21, 2013, 05:17:46 PM
You got it.  I remembered the countries switched....I just never was able to remember which country made which.

I tried remembering that the Boxer Rebellion wasn't here...but then got confused about whether the primer wasn't invented  here or wasn't in popular use here

So I remembered Boxer was in my ammo box


Memory tricks   ;D
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Re: Can you reload steel cases?
« Reply #8 on: January 21, 2013, 06:08:04 PM »
Quote from: tombogan03884 on January 21, 2013, 05:53:31 PM

Memory tricks   ;D

Your memory is newer than mine  ;D ;D

I'd remember one of them did the Sharpshooter thing during the civil war...but without something in there to tell me which one, no go for me  ;D
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Re: Can you reload steel cases?
« Reply #9 on: February 23, 2013, 10:13:33 AM »
NO
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