.45ACP brass - The Firearms Forum

carver · 02-05-2010, 12:41 PM

I had a friend give me some .45 brass that he had picked up some where. I have been reloading it, but the primers don't want to fit the primer pocket very well. Have to use a little more force on some than on others. They are marked RA86, but don't know the order that should be read in. Anyone know just what this stuff is? It's good brass, and reloads well except for the primers not wanting to fit in all the primer pockets, but they do go when enough force is applied.

woolleyworm · 02-05-2010, 01:03 PM

It's military spec from Remington Arms 1986, swage the pocket and you'll have an easier go of it.

carver · 02-05-2010, 01:33 PM

Thanks, that's just what I thought, and needed to know.

JLA · 02-05-2010, 08:32 PM

that stuff ought to last forever miles, I have a shoebox full of old military headstamp TZZ85 that I have cycled prolly 50 times or more and it still loads well

medalguy · 02-07-2010, 06:44 PM

Yep, military brass that is not loaded to top pressure will last almost forever.

02-05-2010, 12:41 PM	#1
carver TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: DAV, Deep in the Pineywoods of East Texas, just west of Shreveport, LA Contributor Posts: 11,542	.45ACP brass I had a friend give me some .45 brass that he had picked up some where. I have been reloading it, but the primers don't want to fit the primer pocket very well. Have to use a little more force on some than on others. They are marked RA86, but don't know the order that should be read in. Anyone know just what this stuff is? It's good brass, and reloads well except for the primers not wanting to fit in all the primer pockets, but they do go when enough force is applied. __________________ Y'all be safe now, ya hear! Lamentations Chapter 5: 1. Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. 2. Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. 3. We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows. 5. Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest. 16. The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! 21. Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old. -->

02-05-2010, 01:03 PM	#2
woolleyworm TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: SW Fort Worth Contributor Posts: 4,888	Re: .45ACP brass It's military spec from Remington Arms 1986, swage the pocket and you'll have an easier go of it. __________________ . What are you gonna do, talk the alien to death? -- (on Sigourney Weaver's worry about Guns in Aliens) "Safety is something that happens between your ears, not something you hold in your hands." "I carry a small gun to compensate for my huge Blue press." .

02-05-2010, 01:33 PM	#3
carver TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: DAV, Deep in the Pineywoods of East Texas, just west of Shreveport, LA Contributor Posts: 11,542	Re: .45ACP brass Thanks, that's just what I thought, and needed to know. __________________ Y'all be safe now, ya hear! Lamentations Chapter 5: 1. Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. 2. Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. 3. We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows. 5. Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest. 16. The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! 21. Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.

02-05-2010, 08:32 PM	#4
JLA TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Heart Of Texas Contributor Posts: 17,407	Re: .45ACP brass that stuff ought to last forever miles, I have a shoebox full of old military headstamp TZZ85 that I have cycled prolly 50 times or more and it still loads well __________________ It takes 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 3 for proper trigger squeeze. The latest caliber or gear is no substitute for experience and skill. Rifles and cartridges don't make hits -- shooters do. Fact of life: After Monday and Tuesday, even the calendar says WTF!

02-07-2010, 06:44 PM	#5
medalguy Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 585	Re: .45ACP brass Yep, military brass that is not loaded to top pressure will last almost forever.