Brass quality

I never was too fond of it as it seemed it had smaller than normal flash holes.

If I had a pile of it I would anneal the necks, load them up and shoot them till they died.
 
I still have about a 100 .222Rem Gevelot cases. They've been reloaded numerous times. I never had any problems with them. IIRC, they're made in France. No issues with case prep either.
 
I had a bunch of .270 cases in the 80's and they lasted a good long while, case volume was less than the rem/win/fed stuff so I ran it 1.0-1.5 grains less than the others or the primers would would be flattened.

I bought a couple of hundred more on here a few years ago, brand new cases same issues with case volume but they are holding up well.
 
I have a bunch in 300 Savage. They weigh noticeably more than the other brass I have, so I assume thicker walls but as said above, less case volume so I don't load them to the maximum charge.
 
Gevelot is excellent brass IMHO. I believe it was made under contract by Norma.

I picked up about 30 boxes of it for 8x57 and 7x57.

I've reloaded them all at least a dozen times. I fully re anneal the cases about every fifth shot, just like all my Norma/Lapua brass. Haven't lost a case yet.

As mentioned, they seem to be a bit heavier and the flash holes are on the small side. It took about an hour to drill them all out, when I uniformed and chamfered the holes.

Assume it's built to military standards and work your loads up.
 
I reload a couple hundred Gevelot cases for my 7x57 and .222 and have a few in .308 and .30-06. I like it. Comments above are correct.
 
Higginsons has some in stock at good prices, I find it to be good brass, made by Metallverken, and I can't tell the difference between Gevelot and Metallverken that I have on hand. It's NOS and several decades old, so annealing wouldn't hurt if you want to make it last, although I haven't had any neck splits except for 9.3x62 brass...lost a few of those early to neck splits.
 
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