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EddieZoom

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Stumbling over these awful things while working my way through loading 9MM with mixed (unsorted) brass. They do not want to play nicely with the sizing die.

I'm guessing 9X18 Mak....but based on the markings they may be of Alien origin ;-)

Anybody got any insight ?
 

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My guess would be Egyptian, Syrian or similar. It may be a 9mm Para, but you can take measurements easily enough to verify. Likely berdan-primed, so don't run it through your press before checking (you'll snap your decapping pin usually).
There may be slight variations in case thickness or rim/extractor groove dimensions that cause misfits in your dies/firearm...who knows!
 
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could be egyptian 9mm but its probably berdan primed, primer looks like it staked.
 
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