Can I reload these?

[ranbur]

Are they steel or aluminum?

Can you reload them?

Pros and cons?

Thanks

 

[bsand]

Stick a magnet on it, if it sticks its steel, if not aluminum?

 

[trebor2880]

I see N R on the head stamp. Non reloadable? Are these CCI Blazers? If so, don't reload.

 

[Potasz]

Don't quote me on this but

I believe that the stamping "N" "R" means non reloadable
If you look in the case do you see one or two flash holes
If two a no go for sure

 

[ranbur]

Stick a magnet on it, if it sticks its steel, if not aluminum?

Magnet does not stick ...

 

[ranbur]

Two flash holes ...so no go ... guess my great find wasn't so great ...

Thanks!

 

[Ganderite]

Yes, you can reload them.

But you really don't want to. A lot of work to make poor ammo.

 

[Quib21]

The CCI NR Aluminum 9mm is boxer primed and can be reloaded, but I probably wouldn't load them very hot. It's pretty much easier just to toss them unless you absolutely need them.

 

[Tenguns]

I've seen them both Boxer and Berdan primed. With all the free brass cases on the range, I just leave the aluminum where it lay.

 

[RojamB21]

Usually the cases starts to rupture at the flare, so I tried !

 

[Seagull]

I tried the 9mm boxer primed ones. Got 2-5 loading and they split or get too loose primer pocket. So yes it can be done but not worth it.

 

[silverfoxdj]

I tried the 9mm boxer primed ones. Got 2-5 loading and they split or get too loose primer pocket. So yes it can be done but not worth it.

^^^^^ This just buy some new brass and take care of it should last awhile

 

[3macs1]

I would have to be pretty hard up for brass to waste components reloading these
But to each their own
Cheers

 

[ted_dent]

^^^^^ This just buy some new brass and take care of it should last awhile

There's so much 9mm brass laying around at my ranges that I haven't had to buy any in 20 years. 40's as well. With their minimal life expectancy it's just not worth the effort to reload aluminum cases.

 

[Seagull]

^^^^^ This just buy some new brass and take care of it should last awhile

Who buys new 9mm brass? Just go full on range chicken mode and you will have a pail of it.
I just reloaded the AL ones for S&G and people said it could not be done which is just BS.

 

[Ganderite]

I have taken some aluminium cases (boxer primed) and reloaded them with mild loads for shoots where I won't be able to recover my brass. Like outside in the snow.

The OP's case is Berdan primed. It can be reloaded, but no sane person would want to.

The only time I reload Berdan is when it is a caliber for which only Berdan cases are available, and I can't make Boxer primed cases for it.

 

[lone_wolf]

I've seen them both Boxer and Berdan primed. With all the free brass cases on the range, I just leave the aluminum where it lay.

I see all kinds of casings around the range I go to. I usually go and shoot what I want and then spend more time picking up casings that others leave laying around and picking through the spent casings buckets. Anything brass comes home with me, steel I leave behind. Then when I get home I sort the casings into Boxer/Berdan piles and Berdan goes in a bucket to take to the metal recyclers while the Boxer gets further sorted and any damaged or suspect casings got into the recycle bucket and the rest go into the "to be cleaned" bucket. My saying when it comes to brass is, If it's free, It comes with me. LOL

 

[grinder08]

You can reload aluminum cases but... Aluminum is very prone to work hardening so it can't take many reloads. I have heard various theories from 1 reload to 5 reloads. Personally I wouldn't bother. As has been said before there is an abundance of free 9mm brass at pretty much any range. I have got so much for free I even sort and only use particular types of brass and still have thousands of cases.