Chinese reloads??

I have used some. The ones headstamped "RP" are quite good - no primer pocket crimp and have had no significant issues with brittleness. Primers seat more easily than with Federal brass. The "CJ" stamped brass need to have the primer pockets swaged or reamed but seem OK once this is done. I don't use them when trying for precision, mainly for plinking rounds but from the results they may not be much better or worse than Winchester or other brass.
 
They are fine for reloading. One thing I noticed is that the brass seems softer than normal brass, it is actually easier to resize. I've had no problems with my reloads.
 
I collect what is dropped at the range and sort it out. I have seen some odd "failures" in the Chinese casings which I have not seen in the Western casings. Say 6 or 7 in 500 casings. The primer pockets are a free for all, very little consistancy in manufacture compared to AE/Winchester or what have you.
 
fdc said:
I have seen some odd "failures" in the Chinese casings which I have not seen in the Western casings.
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i like the ones i find with no powder, a bullet pushed all the way in the case, and a live primer...im assuming these are from a lack of crimp followed by a failure to feed

freaking automatic squib rounds, or automatic diecapping pin breaker...i always look at primers when i sort headstamps now, though the live primers stand out

i need a kinetic bullet puller hammer do hicky to salvage these reloading components
 
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