Previous Page. Next Page. Breath, Relax, Aim, Squeeze WI, USA. After reading the thread a while back about reloading fired blanks I decided to try it, instead of just saying it couldn't be done. I know, with how cheap surplus brass is why would I do it?
Well, I figured why not try it and see. I have a bunch of M blanks around, and if they work out it will be perfect for making 3gun ammo or ammo for where I cannot recover my brass. Then I fired the blanks in my Remington to remove the primer, the powder, and to open up the crimped mouth. If fired with a BFA sometimes the crimp won't open up and makes trimming difficult Then I slowly ran the blanks as is into my dillon trimmer, this cut off the crimp but left some ugly burrs.
Then I deburred the mouths with a gracey trimmer to remove any excess brass. Then I loaded with a CCI 41, Here are the pretty little things in a mag ready to go down range and find some frozen dirt. And here is the brass, nothing abnormal. Primers look good, its a hot load and I was barely beginning to see ejector swipes.
No split mouths on the 5 original test subjects. Just to give this a bigger scale I loaded 30 other blank brass, only one mouth split.
These were a different bag of blank brass, but held up just fine. Soon to be "leave it lay and not feel bad" brass? ETA- to update title, again, again, again, and again. Its not the guy that walks in with a gun and says he is going to start shooting that you have to worry about. Its the guy that just walks in and just starts shooting. IL, USA. That's very interesting. Thanks for running the experiment.
Did you also compare the case length and neck length to a standard spec for. It looks like there was plenty of neck to trim in your pics. Did you compare accuracy between regular brass and converted blanks? Was there a noticable difference? Originally Posted By ajroyer: That's very interesting. FL, USA. Originally Posted By ChrisGarrett: You do realize that the brass used in 'blank' cartridges is very thin compared to normal commercial and military brass?
It's designed to accomodate pressures way under what even a light load exhibits. I don't think I'd make a practice of loading 'blank' cases as rule. Consider yourself lucky. Cut them in half lengthwise and measure the web area, just ahead of the extractor groove, say mm. Cut some regular Lake City lengthwise and measure the same area. You'll know it when you see it. Honestly bro, it's your face and you can play chicken all you want, but you're not supposed to make fire live ammo using 'blank brass.
Since the question was brought up about the blanks being able to withstand the pressure of loading live ammo I cut a few and some brass. I sectioned large FC brass, RP brass, small fc brass, 5. The large letter FC measured. The RP measured. The small letter fc measured. The Lake City 09 5. The LC04 blank measured. The LC08 blank measured.
Here they all are, large FC brass, RP brass, small fc brass, 5. My pin, which is a broken decapper pin, measures 3. The first blank LC 08 measures. The second blank LC04 measures. The actual LC09 5. The large letter FC measures. I don't see how the blank brass can be any worse than the large letter FC brass. On the 3rd load I had this one split, and didn't even notice until I picked up the brass.
I'll keep you guys updated as to how it goes, I'll try to upload a video later on. If my measurments are way off let me know.
As my good friend AMUshooter10 says: "I would rather shoot and see than google and say. Global Warming Hoax Skeptic before it was cool. WA, USA. Thick webs on those used to be blanks. Selling agent for Algores carbon credit scam. Shooting and Reloading, one hobby feeds the other.
I would have scoffed too if I had not seen it with my own eyes. You should call it something like. And thanks for quote, LOL. A Soldier who can't shoot isn't. TX, USA. Its interesting that the round that separated did it at the cannelure near the base. I know. Also putting the crimp on the case mouth for blanks could possibly stress the brass to where even if you cut off this part you will end up having some split necks because the brass is still stressed from the star crimping I think.
Its interesting and maybe worth it if you have a lot of this brass and use it once only. Originally Posted By downrivertrash: Its interesting that the round that separated did it at the cannelure near the base.
That's awesome man, but don't you be taking my lake city brass and giving me blank brass instead in my reloads. Wicked windy, super far, a buncha mils, send it! Better then I could ever get one to turn out. MO, USA. I've done it before with no issues, but it's too much trouble.
I have over rounds of. I don't think I'd want to load. I have a feeling the 50cal blanks are coming; Can we do next? I know how those come out. I tried this with a 7. Didn't work too well as the 7. Blanks are far from safe, and here we are talking about a high pressure round fired from a pretty darn expensive gun.
Surely much lower pressure than a standard round and safe for the gun if the blank is properly loaded? It is a pain to clean up and poses serious risk of corrosion if not cleaned up promptly and throughly. The residue is hygroscopic, and the left over Sulphur and nitrate compounds can form various acids when they combine with water from the air. In general, cleaning agents intended for smokeless residue are not up to the task. Lots of hot soapy water is the preferred method, then you have to get it all dry and oiled before that causes rust.
Lower than a ball round, yes. But, there is still going to be high temperature, high pressure gas exiting the bore. There may also be fragments of some type of wad, depending on how the blank was constructed. How on earth would you confuse the two? Maybe I will just link them back up and hang them on the wall. Any other ideas on what to do with them? Oct 11, 38 Lowry Crossing.
Click to expand Rottweiler Member. Apr 6, 16 Hill Country. I've heard that blank brass is lower quality than live ammo brass. Could lead to case ruptures when loaded. That was enough to stop me from doing it about 10 years ago. Your mileage may vary. Acera TGT Addict. Jan 17, 7, 36 Republic of Texas. So what guns in. Jan 9, 36 Round Rock. The brass was never intended to be used at 50, PSI.
You may end up with a face full of shrapnel. Thanks for the info. That is what I was looking for. Aug 15, 36 6 Christoval. Test for volume and increase the charge as needed. Watch your primers. By that time, though, the report will wake up the dead for three miles. Thanks for the advice, guys Much appreciated I've been reloading for almost 40 years and never came across blank brass.. Go figger You're crackin' me up Jim I like the way you think Hornady makes Universal Blank Dies. They crease and fold the cartridge to a point closing the neck.
Mal Mal Paso means Bad Pass, just so you know. Another gun board had a story about blank brass was used as it didn;t pass muster for loaded ammo. I have no knowledge about if is true or not.
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