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Posted: 7/14/2017 7:07:53 PM EDT
I've popped two primers here recently. I   never had an issue with it.  Thousands of rounds.  Primer popped in two different rifles. I've searched and the consensus is it's great and the brass is very good stuff .  I locked up my ar and had to hammer it open .It blew out the side of the case. Blew my mag up also . The rifle lost the extractor. Warpped  it badly.  The rest of the rifle is fine.   I guess I'm retiring the ammo .
Link Posted: 7/14/2017 10:26:17 PM EDT
[#1]
i had similar trouble with it about 10-12 yrs ago when it got imported. i dont recall the year of ammo but i think it was the stuff the brits dumped when they were trying to fix that bullpup rifle they had.

i didnt have any popped primers but one round KB'ed and dumped the mag and destroyed a bolt. the case head was all blown out and stuck in the chamber.

i figured it was a low powder charge and had a flash over. i sold the rest to a friend that knew and didnt care.

i had shot up about 2000 uneventful rounds of it before i had that happen.
Link Posted: 7/14/2017 10:59:49 PM EDT
[#2]
I've shot thousands of rounds of it with no issues. I have an old colt that loves the stuff. God I miss the days when century was selling that stuff for dirt cheap in cans.
Link Posted: 7/16/2017 2:36:14 PM EDT
[#3]
no problems yet
Link Posted: 7/16/2017 3:01:55 PM EDT
[#4]
I just finished the last mine, a few days ago. Mine was '93. I never had a problem, except it wouldn't cycle rifle-length-gas guns.
Link Posted: 7/16/2017 3:24:16 PM EDT
[#5]
I've shot cases of it.  Never a problem.
Link Posted: 7/16/2017 5:58:08 PM EDT
[#6]
I have shot six or seven of the 720rd cans with stripper clips and bandoleers without trouble. Just checked I have two left one '91' and one '92'
Link Posted: 7/16/2017 6:21:47 PM EDT
[#7]
I have 1 1/2 cans of 92 and 1 can of 93 . Nervous to shoot it now.  But I have shot several cans of 92 and 93 before this happened. Damn the luck .
Link Posted: 7/16/2017 6:27:27 PM EDT
[#8]
I've shot a metric ton of it and never had an issue in any AR's or 5.56 AK's......

I did notice that some of it, as well as certain lots of LC M193 showed some signs of high pressure in an HK53 I used to shoot (brass expanding fairly deeply into chamber fluting).
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