PPU/Prvi Partizan case longevity

AndyC · May 03, 2008, 07:27

I bought some of the cheap Prvi boxer-primed .308 ammo a while back in hopes of finding a cheap source of .308 brass for reloading.

I have to report, though, that the cases start to corrode within days of tumbling/trimming/etc - I've shot my first batch of handloads using this brass with no issues, but I'd have to be desperate to load these again.

The Remington brass which I loaded at the same time and kept under the same storage-conditions have exhibited no such signs.

brownknees · May 03, 2008, 08:09

That's interesting!
I reloaded some .303 Brit Prvi Patizan several months ago & it's like new still!
I wonder what the difference is?

davedude · May 06, 2008, 06:20

Something is causing the brass to corrode....wonder if it is inclusions or something external?

Dave Dude

shootist87122 · May 06, 2008, 22:42

That's a Pisser. I have some twice fired Graf's .308 brass (purchased brass only, not loaded ammo) that's made by Privi - it's been sitting in the ammo box since Dec-06. It's fine.

AndyC · May 07, 2008, 11:24

I'll post some pics when I get a chance

May 03, 2008, 07:27	#1
AndyC Porridge Wog Contributor FALaholic #: 19755 Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Euless, TX Posts: 11,061	PPU/Prvi Partizan case longevity I bought some of the cheap Prvi boxer-primed .308 ammo a while back in hopes of finding a cheap source of .308 brass for reloading. I have to report, though, that the cases start to corrode within days of tumbling/trimming/etc - I've shot my first batch of handloads using this brass with no issues, but I'd have to be desperate to load these again. The Remington brass which I loaded at the same time and kept under the same storage-conditions have exhibited no such signs. __________________ My Iraq Pics Preferred Travel Agent - 72 Virgins Dating Club

May 06, 2008, 22:42	#4
shootist87122 Registered FALaholic #: 7202 Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: NM Posts: 5,126	That's a Pisser. I have some twice fired Graf's .308 brass (purchased brass only, not loaded ammo) that's made by Privi - it's been sitting in the ammo box since Dec-06. It's fine. __________________ "So in the Libyan Fable it is told, That once an eagle, stricken with a dart, said, when he saw the fashion of the shaft, it is by our own feathers, not others hands, are we now smitten." -Aeschylus

May 07, 2008, 11:24	#5
AndyC Porridge Wog Contributor FALaholic #: 19755 Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Euless, TX Posts: 11,061	I'll post some pics when I get a chance __________________ My Iraq Pics Preferred Travel Agent - 72 Virgins Dating Club

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May 03, 2008, 08:09	#2
brownknees Registered FALaholic #: 14917 Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: mid atlantic Posts: 12,015	That's interesting! I reloaded some .303 Brit Prvi Patizan several months ago & it's like new still! I wonder what the difference is?

May 06, 2008, 06:20	#3
davedude Registered FALaholic #: 20538 Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Dallas-Fort Worth Posts: 3,880	Something is causing the brass to corrode....wonder if it is inclusions or something external? Dave Dude