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Perfecta brass?
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09/15/20 08:14 PM
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There’s a nephew here to pig hunt. Shoots an AR10 in 308. We checked his zero yesterday (and fixed it) and I scrounged up the brass. I looked to see what it was, and it’s Perfecta. Never heard of it. His rifle shoots it well, so I can’t badmouth it. Should I keep this stuff or dump it? These days I hate to throw away brass if it has potential life left.
The DPMS AR10 is one heavy danged rifle.
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Re: Perfecta brass?
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09/15/20 08:35 PM
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The 223 Perfecta brass I've seen has random flash holes, hard on decapping pins. I scrapped what I had. Never throw away brass. A 5 gallon bucket weighs in excess of 38#. At $1.40 /#..........
Last edited by Papalote; 09/15/20 08:36 PM.
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Re: Perfecta brass?
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09/16/20 01:24 PM
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Perfecta is Fiocchi made so should be usable
"Anyone taking up handloading necessarily plays with unknown factors and takes chances. But so does anyone who drives a car,goes to a cocktail party,eats in a restaurant,or gets married."
Jack O'Connor 1963
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Re: Perfecta brass?
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09/16/20 02:05 PM
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I got some in a mixed bag of 45 acp it seems to be decent at least in the 45 acp.. I’d load it at least once especially for range and plinking ammo
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Re: Perfecta brass?
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09/16/20 07:45 PM
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I pulled a couple from the vibratory tumbler just now. The brass looks decent, and it has that annealed look that Lapua has around the neck and shoulder. I’ll hold on to it.
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Re: Perfecta brass?
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09/18/20 01:54 PM
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I had a lot of trouble with primers blowing it off it in a DPMS 308. My loads aren't hot at all, and I don't have that problem with any other headstamp.
The secret to a long life is to try not to shorten it.
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Re: Perfecta brass?
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09/18/20 02:34 PM
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The nephew visiting is shooting a DPMS 308. I didn’t see any flattened or bulged primers on the once fired brass. I’m pretty sure that factory loads are hotter than what I load in the grandson’s bolt 308. That said, this brass will likely spend the next decade in my extra brass ammo cans, since I use Nosler brass for the grandson’s rifle.
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