I just bought a 1000 rd box of ammo from a guy that claims it was loaded by Armor Ammunition Company. The limited info I could find shows they were only in business for about 4 years, couldn't find good or bad on them. He said that it is mixed brass but never fired brass. I got it home and looked through it and there is a bunch of junk in that ammo can and I'm a bit concerned to fire any of it.
Questions
1) Can you even buy military stamped brass that's never been fired?
2) Can you buy +P stamped brass non-fired?
3) Even if this is manufactured reloads, would they run so many mixed type brass in the same batch? Thinking different casings have slightly different case space which changes the powder load to maintain safe pressures Ex. thicker military brass next to a thinner walled brass with the same powder charge.
I'd bet my life that they are reloads and I'd bet good money they were probably loaded by some individual amateur by the looks of some of that brass.
Even found a .380 round in the batch with the same bullet loaded into the casing. Not much noticeable difference in 9mm and 380 when they have the same long pointed nosed 115 grain projectile in the tip. I only noticed it by looking at the head stamp, it would be hard to pick out unless they were lined up, level and sitting on the rims in a vertical position.
Questions
1) Can you even buy military stamped brass that's never been fired?
2) Can you buy +P stamped brass non-fired?
3) Even if this is manufactured reloads, would they run so many mixed type brass in the same batch? Thinking different casings have slightly different case space which changes the powder load to maintain safe pressures Ex. thicker military brass next to a thinner walled brass with the same powder charge.
I'd bet my life that they are reloads and I'd bet good money they were probably loaded by some individual amateur by the looks of some of that brass.
Even found a .380 round in the batch with the same bullet loaded into the casing. Not much noticeable difference in 9mm and 380 when they have the same long pointed nosed 115 grain projectile in the tip. I only noticed it by looking at the head stamp, it would be hard to pick out unless they were lined up, level and sitting on the rims in a vertical position.