I am doing the recycling for a range and have run into something odd. I have a whack of 270 brass but there are 2 distinctly different shoulder patterns on the brass I have. Some has a very short abrupt shoulder and the rest has a much longer graded shoulder and looks just like the diagram in my reloading books and yet both are marked the same. Even found one with a Berden primer in it-WTF? Since when was the 270 ever a military round? And no it is also factory stamped 270 and not a necked down 30-06. I will sell the standard brass but am thinking it is too old to be of use and is better scrapped. Your thoughts...
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The sharp shoulder is an "improved" chamber. The 270 brass changes shape when fired.
It might not be a 270. Could be some kind of 7mm made from 270 brass.
Berdan does not mean military. Berdan means made in Europe.
It might not be a 270. Could be some kind of 7mm made from 270 brass.
Berdan does not mean military. Berdan means made in Europe.
Curious cuz I been told the Berdan primers were all military brass. All of the cases are stamped 270 from the factory. Would the sharp shoulder brass be of any use to a reloader? I have been pitching it into the recycling bin but if it is of some use how would I label it to someone wanting to load? It certainly is labelled 270 but is quite different from both the expended rounds and the reloading books. Nosler, Speer, Barnes all show the longer taper as the only choice and there is no mention in the write-ups of any other config.
Just recently noticed the same thing with a bunch of 243 I sorted out of the pile. Maybe one out of 50 is the sharp shoulder and again none of the loading books make mention of it-just the newer long slope shoulder. I have 400 pcs left and I probably took 20 maybe 30pcs out of the whole batch and once again broke a decapping pin on something I figured was all boxer primers. I have thousands of pcs of brass and have not been checking to see if there are Berdan primers but I guess I will have to inspect all the rifle cases. FYI I am sorting thru 300lbs of range and estate brass for the club.
If you have a large pile of range pick-ups, I suggest you first sort by headstamp, and make batches of 50 WW, 50 R-P, 50 Fed, etc.
I just did this to almost 300 270 cases. There were abour 30 odd ball headstamps. I just threw them out. If any of them were Berdan, they are gone.
I just did this to almost 300 270 cases. There were abour 30 odd ball headstamps. I just threw them out. If any of them were Berdan, they are gone.
