Warning: Norinco .45 Auto

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I bought 100 rounds of the Norinco .45 ACP ammo to try out. It's dirty and sticky but it seems to shoot fine though a couple of times the last round in the mag FTF due to stickiness. No big deal.

Advertised as non corrosive and re-loadable I collected my spent cases. I think I only recovered 90 of the 100 I shot but of those I found two cases like this after tumbling.

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My Remington R1E 1911 is pretty new but it does like to dent the brass during ejection. However this should not happen. I wonder if these were the two that FTF? Regardless, I won't be reloading Norinco brass
 
CerealBlast said:
what the meant is that it was reloaded.......ouch
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To clarify, these were not reloads, notice the factory green splooge around the primers. These split cases were factory loads. I was going to reload these brass but not after seeing this. Funny thing though, the Norinco spent brass and primer case are slightly heavier than Federal and Remington ones I collected too, by 3 - 4 grains.

At $19.99 a box they are the cheapest .45 auto around, but I dunno if saving $5 is worth the extra cleaning the gun will need after. Though I do love cleaning my guns!
 
I've shot about 500 rds. of the Norinco 45's.

No problems, yet. Maybe you got a bad batch.

I was going to order more. Anyone else experiencing any problems?

Thanks for the "heads up".
 
trebor2880 said:
I've shot about 500 rds. of the Norinco 45's.

No problems, yet. Maybe you got a bad batch.

I was going to order more. Anyone else experiencing any problems?

Thanks for the "heads up".
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I never noticed any shooting issues with my rounds either - just be careful if ur gonna pick up range brass to reload, you don't want to risk using this stuff.


4n2t0 said:
Is that patina?
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Maybe, there was more of it all over case prior to tumbling it. I wonder if this is acquired or applied patina?
 
triplepete said:
To clarify, these were not reloads, notice the factory green splooge around the primers. These split cases were factory loads. I was going to reload these brass but not after seeing this. Funny thing though, the Norinco spent brass and primer case are slightly heavier than Federal and Remington ones I collected too, by 3 - 4 grains.

At $19.99 a box they are the cheapest .45 auto around, but I dunno if saving $5 is worth the extra cleaning the gun will need after. Though I do love cleaning my guns!
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I was making a joke....you know a funny.... f:P:
 
triplepete said:
just be careful if ur gonna pick up range brass to reload, you don't want to risk using this stuff.
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In fairness, this can be said about all range brass.
I have a mittful of .40 S&W Norinco brass from a few years ago that I've reloaded several times over. 45 auto is a fairly low pressure round. I'd have no problem reloading the Norinco brass.
 
beltfed said:
In fairness, this can be said about all range brass.
I have a mittful of .40 S&W Norinco brass from a few years ago that I've reloaded several times over. 45 auto is a fairly low pressure round. I'd have no problem reloading the Norinco brass.
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True. I actually weight the Norc brass and it's actually heavier than Federal and RP brass by 3 - 4 grains with primers in! I have picked up and tumbled lots of brass at my range and never seen splits like this before. Got me thinking.

Side note - What was real scary was a guy at my range shooting race gun hand loads, 9mm maximum he called it. His gun sounded like .357 mag semi auto.... yikes.
 
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