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Offline eddiesa223

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Loading an unfired military rounds.
« on: April 19, 2005, 10:22:15 PM »
Hi there, Anyone ever reload (for accuracy) military round surplus 5.56mm and 7.62mm. I do read somewhere that there are shooters that dissemble the whole bullet apart, resize the neck, weight and measure the powder and put back the whole bullet back.
I was wondering will it produce a good accuracy and be used on rifle that accept only commercial bullets only in .223 and .308
I am interested to use them on the Rem 700P. Thanks Eddie.

Offline Don Fischer

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Loading an unfired military rounds.
« Reply #1 on: April 20, 2005, 01:40:58 AM »
I can't imagine why you would want to do that? The only military cases I've ever used for accuracy loads have been match cases. I also have a bunch of pulled 5.56 military bullets around, but I never use them. 22 caliber bullets are just to cheap to warrent using military FMJ bullets. I have tried them with the thought of pelt saving bullets, they weren't all that hot. Out of a 223 I found a hot loaded 50 gr Hornady SX to be far superior in all way's.

If you do do it, use an inertial puller and slam it hard. Those bullets appear to be glued in, you'll see the glue ring on the bullet when you get it out. A press mounted puller will mar up the bullet badly. The powder you save, you can't properly identify so you won't be able to reproduce the load without pulling more bullert's and then the lot number will likely change so consistenty may go right out the window. Hint, the powder makes a good lawn fertilizer, just sprinkle it on the grass.
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Loading an unfired military rounds.
« Reply #2 on: April 20, 2005, 03:04:12 AM »
Maybe the confusion lies in the fact the US military can not sell ammo directly to the public (less CMP) and that the cartridges must be broken down into brass, powder and bullets and sold separately.  If I'm not mistaken, even the primers must be removed before it's available to mere mortals

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« Reply #3 on: April 20, 2005, 03:56:53 AM »
I understand down in Oz, they frequently remove the bullets from milsup ammo and replace them with more appropriate bullets.  This would intail resizing the neck (merely remove your decapping pin) before putting the new bullet in.  The powder is dumped into a bulk container and then reweighed.