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Posted: 9/30/2014 9:29:47 PM EDT
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Check to see if it's Berdan primed.
I'm thinking it is.  If it's boxer primed, work up a load with it.
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Posted: 9/30/2014 10:33:50 PM EDT
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Is that the MKE headstamped stuff? If so, I picked up some 9mm and 5.56 the other day and it's boxer primed. I decapped and sized the 5.56 and it sized just fine. Haven't trimmed it or put primers in yet so I'll see how it does one of these days. Haven't done anything with the 9mm yet.
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Posted: 9/30/2014 10:59:37 PM EDT
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ZQ 9mm is NATO spec and has the military crimp primer pockets (3-point staked crimp).
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Posted: 10/1/2014 11:04:48 AM EDT
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I purchased some of this ammo and contrary to some of the internet rumors, it ran perfectly through several Glocks. The brass is boxer primed and appears to be a quality product. I am reloading the brass from the first box I shot and it is running through the Dillon without any issues. Primers are seating perfectly and the brass thickness is excellent. I give it two thumbs up!
I would be happy using this ammo and brass again in the future. Good loading and shooting sir |
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Posted: 10/1/2014 12:26:37 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
I purchased some of this ammo and contrary to some of the internet rumors, it ran perfectly through several Glocks. The brass is boxer primed and appears to be a quality product. I am reloading the brass from the first box I shot and it is running through the Dillon without any issues. Primers are seating perfectly and the brass thickness is excellent. I give it two thumbs up! I would be happy using this ammo and brass again in the future. Good loading and shooting sir What did you use to ream or swage the primer pocket? |
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Posted: 10/1/2014 2:10:48 PM EDT
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I didnt ream or swage the primer pockets as a test to see what prep work would be required for future loading. CCI 500's seated perfectly.
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Posted: 10/1/2014 2:30:57 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: What did you use to ream or swage the primer pocket? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I purchased some of this ammo and contrary to some of the internet rumors, it ran perfectly through several Glocks. The brass is boxer primed and appears to be a quality product. I am reloading the brass from the first box I shot and it is running through the Dillon without any issues. Primers are seating perfectly and the brass thickness is excellent. I give it two thumbs up! I would be happy using this ammo and brass again in the future. Good loading and shooting sir What did you use to ream or swage the primer pocket? A 3 point staked crimp is removed the same as a swaged crimp, with the same tools. But it is easier to do as there is less material to remove. |
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Posted: 10/1/2014 2:44:29 PM EDT
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There's been a few sketchy batches here and there, but it's mostly good stuff, basic milspec ball loadings in the various calibers.
I did have some 7.62x51 where one round wasn't neck crimped well (or at all), and a partial feed in my FAL made the bullet set way back into the neck so I tossed it aside, but other than that one dud I've had no complaints. As plinking/blasting ammo, I'd buy any ZQI I saw at a good price again, and as brass to reload, I'd definitely use it, and I've saved all the 7.62 cases I shot that day for that purpose. |
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Posted: 10/1/2014 4:10:15 PM EDT
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Well the ZQi brass I picked up is boxer primed. It was the first thing we checked before picking it all up. I decapped & resized the brass with no problems. No primer crimps on this brass.
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Check to see if it's Berdan primed. I'm thinking it is.
If it's boxer primed, work up a load with it. |
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Posted: 10/1/2014 11:34:17 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Well the ZQi brass I picked up is boxer primed. It was the first thing we checked before picking it all up. I decapped & resized the brass with no problems. No primer crimps on this brass. Quote HistoryQuoted: Well the ZQi brass I picked up is boxer primed. It was the first thing we checked before picking it all up. I decapped & resized the brass with no problems. No primer crimps on this brass. Quoted: Check to see if it's Berdan primed. I'm thinking it is. If it's boxer primed, work up a load with it.  |
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Posted: 10/2/2014 10:11:15 AM EDT
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Went to China-Mart this morning and they had a couple of boxes of ZQ 9mm. It was the 2nd least expensive 9mm ammo in the case with Tula being the loss leader which isn't saying a whole lot.
The boxes were clearly marked "NATO". As I was not buying any I didn't ask the corporate drone to take a box out so I could inspect the crimps. Likely she'd have copped a 'tude had I done that. 
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