Perfecta brass not so perfecta!

[Member 34319]

Just a heads up thread.

I've been processing a bunch of brass from a recent get together clean up and someone was shooting some Perfecta brass cased 223.

I deprime before cleaning and resizing and luckily my universal deprimer has some wiggle to it so it walked into these primer flash holes. However it would likely cause issues for someone trying to resize and decap at the same time. These flash holes are all over the place. Definitely off center. I'd say out of the 20 something I've found in the pile thus far only 2 have been on center.

Be cautious if you spot this brand brass in your mix!

Happy reloading!

Reno911

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[DizzyJ]

Good to know. I have experienced that with Hot Shot (PMC) brass in the past. Not as many as you've stated, but definitely worth noting.

When the ammo is extremely cheap, there's usually a corner (or two) being cut somewhere.

 

[Crazyeye24]

I had perfecta break two pins...they're my backup brass and will sit in a bag till I have no other option.

 

[jordanka16]

perfecta, amerc, and hot shot go in my scrap pile, there are others but those are the most common to find.

 

[kmk1012]

Agreed, spent more on decapping pins than saved on this POS brass.

 

[Goosebrown]

I've seen that before. Good warning. Lost two decapping units this week.

 

[Gene Rojas]

Has anyone tried to reuse .308 Perfecta brass?

 

[Crazyeye24]

I have and I had the same issue as the 5.56/223 brass.