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Posted: 4/16/2020 7:52:21 PM EDT
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Ive shot their brass cased stuff without issue but stay away from their steel stuff. Pretty much Wolf quality. I found it exceptionally dirty.
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Posted: 4/16/2020 8:05:24 PM EDT
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Steel is more better
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Posted: 4/17/2020 11:27:58 AM EDT
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Well, I invested in a set of dies recently and bought some Federal brass and Hornady bullets a while back. I was shooting up some of the stuff I have to use the brass but I think I will forgo the Monarch stuff. I also had hundreds of rounds of reloaded .223 LC that I bought from Houston Cartridge Company 25 yrs ago and found that 95% of them had splits in the neck of the case so I pulled the bullets for reloading into new brass. I had never bothered to reload .223 before because it was so small and cheap but now I think I will stick to self loaded stuff for the most part.
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Posted: 4/17/2020 1:28:31 PM EDT
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That is PPU ammo in a Monarch box.
That is a bad batch of brass no doubt! Contact Academy immediately with the lot number so others can be aware to watch out for this batch of ammo. Post the lot number here to so we can check out ammo stashes too to see if we have similar lots. |
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Posted: 4/17/2020 9:57:19 PM EDT
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I've never seen Serbian Monarch ammo with anything other than a PPU headstamp but that certainly doesn't mean it doesn't exist. The nny headstamp in the picture is from Prvi Partisan but predates the PPU stamp; if it's Monarch it's likely very early Monarch.
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Posted: 4/17/2020 10:38:05 PM EDT
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Holy cow. You didn't feel the extra gas?
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Posted: 4/18/2020 12:54:14 AM EDT
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NNY was the old headstamp before PPU. I've shot a lot of this ammo and brass never an issue.
I'd report it and the lot # to Academy and PPU |
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Posted: 4/18/2020 9:09:04 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: NNY was the old headstamp before PPU. I've shot a lot of this ammo and brass never an issue. I'd report it and the lot # to Academy and PPU NNY is the same as PPU. NNY is PPU in Cyrillic. Both versions have been in use at the same time over the years. |
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Posted: 4/18/2020 11:42:18 PM EDT
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I have shot a crap ton of brass monarch .223, never an issue with it. Definitely contact academy they are great people and have helped me in the past.
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Posted: 5/11/2020 3:31:57 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Czechers: Ive shot their brass cased stuff without issue but stay away from their steel stuff. Pretty much Wolf quality. I found it exceptionally dirty. It’s from Barnaul, so it’s basically Brown Bear. |
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Posted: 5/12/2020 11:17:02 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/14/2020 4:18:18 PM EDT
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Bad batch of brass, or possible bad batch of powder "Season Cracking" the brass with ammonia.... anyone remember the TZ80ish M80 from IMI ?
Same random kabooms. If you have some of it left over... maybe you could take them apart and smell for ammonia from the powder. Bit of history... about ammonia and brass cases From here...http://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2019/11/tech-tip-dont-store-brass-and-ammo-near-ammonia-solvents/ Season Cracking was originally observed by the British forces in India a century ago. During the monsoon season, military activity was reduced, and ammunition was stored in stables until the dry weather returned. Many brass cartridges were subsequently found to be cracked, especially where the case was crimped to the bullet. In 1921, in the Journal of the Institute of Metals, the phenomenon was explained by Moor, Beckinsale, and Mallinson. Apparently ammonia from horse urine, combined with the residual stress in the cold-drawn metal of the cartridges, was responsible for the cracking. |
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Posted: 5/17/2020 1:36:18 PM EDT
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Yikes. Curious, as I'm having neighboring S&B 6.5CM do similar, though not all the way through the head thank God; I can't believe that didn't Kaboom on you. I'm having S&B primers blowing out, when nobody else' do; on loads not even that strong.
I'm beginning to think there was a bad shipment of brass to that region. |
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Posted: 5/17/2020 5:49:36 PM EDT
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I"ve never shot any of their brass but their steel cased is loaded by Barnaul and I've never had an issue out of it.
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