Never seen this 9mm brass before

[jonesumd]

I was picking up my brass from an outdoor range the other day and this was in my stash. I've never seen this type of brass before with a solid ring inside.

MAXXTech 9mm

 

[Meehuel]

I found a few of those recently in my range brass. It looks expensive to manufacture. My guess is that's it began with a high pressure factory cartridge.

 

[Cape Gun Works]

Cheapest ammo money can buy right now.

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[Meehuel]

Why I wonder would it be cheap. It's got more raw material.

Cheapest ammo money can buy right now.

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[Cape Gun Works]

Not sure...it is from Bosnia. Maybe they are able to get raw material cheaper and manufacturing might be a lot less? All speculation on my part.

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[Meehuel]

All speculation on my part also.

 

[LoginName]

Crap ammo

http://www.northeastshooters.com/vbulletin/threads/321199-Odd-9mm-brass

 

[scheming]

I swear I saw an idential thread on this last month...



update---
^ beat me and with link

 

[Drix]

See this in the S+B cases. Honestly though, what I thought was more interesting was that nasty crater on the primer, got a better pic of that? I *think* what this case is trying to do is compensate for a lack of powder with over pressurization. The compacted load might build up a higher PSI value than a stiffer load that has more give to it, perhaps because the weight of the extra space in brass is more expensive than the reciprocal weight in powder. At least, that makes sense in my head.

 

[jonesumd]

Here is a closer look at the primer. You are correct, it's very deep

 

[bill o]

It's junk brass for recycling, not for reloading. The stepped case tends to separate.

 

[highlander]

I was at the Ammo to Go site the other day and saw that brand of ammo and it was cheap price wise compared to all the other brands even the commercial reloads. Less than 20 cents a round and berdan primed IIRC.

 

[Wendell]

It'd be interesting to know the specific blend of metals used to make that 'brass'.