Weird 7.62x39 Brass Range Pick-up

[1bulletBarney]

FYI, straight from my Saiga Service Manual...

"WARNING! on request of the Russian law enforcement bodies the chamber design of the carbines, cal. 7.62x39 provides for special distinctive element, which during firing produces circular stamping on the fired case mouth, not affecting the carbine reliabilty, trouble-free performance, service life and ballistic parameters not being a sign of faulty. The cartridges extracted from the chamber at the carbine reloading and unloading, are suitable for repeat usage."

the manual is a straight Russian to English translation and makes for some interesting reading, "to this end"... lol

[Lead Waster]

Russian microstamping

[emptybottle151]

Maybe it was an attempt to hamper reloading.

[CSACANNONEER]

Maybe it was an attempt to hamper reloading.

Did you read the post quoting the manual? It has nothing to do with being able to reload the brass.

[JTROKS]

It doesn't prevent reloading the brass but it will sure drastically cut case life.

[6mmintl]

It is a partially neck sized case for .308 diameter bullets (did you pick up at Sunnyvale R & G?).

I was there last weekend, You will get much better accuracy if you partially FL size, oversize neck (due to oversize chambers) will self center/align better with bore.

[SinisterBud]

Thank god my Saiga doesn't do that to brass.

[emptybottle151]

Did you read the post quoting the manual? It has nothing to do with being able to reload the brass.

So Russian police can determine what champed a case was fired from...Sounds like an attempt to hamper reloading or half ***** micro stamping.

[CSACANNONEER]

So Russian police can determine what champed a case was fired from...Sounds like an attempt to hamper reloading or half ***** micro stamping.

I t is a way to differentiate between civilian barrels and military barrels. I highly doubt that they care about reloading at all. Besides, Russian ammo is berdan primed, steel cased and a beach to reload period. Why would they care about Americans reloading brass cases at all?