Is this case reloadable?

[DVSride]

Hi, just picked up this semi auto Browning Automatic Rifle made by Ohio Ordinance and shot it for the first time. I am shooting s&b 150 grain fmj designed for a garand load. I saved the shell casing as I'm going to start reloading due to 2018 but are these reloadable due to the dent on the mouth and shoulder? What would cause the denting? Thanks for any advice or help given. Please ask any questions if it helps with the questionNo automatic alt text available.

[DVSride]

dammit.... stupid question but how do I post pics from my iPhone??
Never mind figured it out

[Dynamic]

Hi, just picked up this semi auto Browning Automatic Rifle made by Ohio Ordinance. I am shooting s&b 150 grain fmj designed for a garand load. I saved the shell casing as I'm going to start reloading due to 2018 but are these reloadable due to the dent on the mouth and shoulder? What would cause the denting? Thanks for any advice or help given. Please ask any questions if it helps with the question.

Post a pic of the case. The dents could be caused by the extractor or maybe when it ejected and fell to the floor it hit a rock and got damaged ? Are all cases like this ? If its not too extreme it might straiten out when its fully sized or once its shot again it will fire form.


Also please post pics of that beautiful BAR

[Dynamic]

dammit.... stupid question but how do I post pics from my iPhone??

If you are using the tapatalk app just click on the box to add a picture from your gallery.

[DVSride]

[DVSride]

[DVSride]

Post a pic of the case. The dents could be caused by the extractor or maybe when it ejected and fell to the floor it hit a rock and got damaged ? Are all cases like this ? If its not too extreme it might straiten out when its fully sized or once its shot again it will fire form.


Also please post pics of that beautiful BAR

Yes all the cases are like this... dented in the mouth and most have shoulder denting...shoulder denting no too bad but mouth seems pretty bad

[JagerDog]

Pretty mangled mouths. If you can straighten 'em out enough to get in your sizing die, you could reload.

[Barbarosa]

I would say they are usable, but would probably resize, measure and inspect them real good before deciding to reload them or not.

Does the manufacture recommend you shoot Garand loads out of that gun? If not that may be the reason for the denting. The Garand load is less powerful so may not operate the action enough to fully open the bolt before the spent case is ejected. Maybe try other non-Garand ammo?

[DVSride]

Funny things was this was on my bucket list but never thought I would get one. I was actually looking for a Browning Buckmark but ended up with this instead; but I'm not complaining

[tokenr]

They're reloadable. Had some pretty bad lake city 7.62x51 brass and the expander ball in the full length die took care of it.

[kcheung2]

I've never had a problem reshaping mangled mouths, those mouths wouldn't concern me. The resizing ball makes easy work of it. I'm actually more hesitant about the shoulder dents. If they mostly go away after resizing and I use a relatively low charge then sure. But if it's a max charge then I would not reuse that brass.

[DVSride]

Very true... I never thought about that....I have a lot of garand load for my garand as I heard that using commercial loads may damage the op rod. This BAR also has 3 setting for the gas plug and I set it in the middle. I'll try the 2 other setting or may just try commercial ammo also.

I would say they are usable, but would probably resize, measure and inspect them real good before deciding to reload them or not.

Does the manufacture recommend you shoot Garand loads out of that gun? If not that may be the reason for the denting. The Garand load is less powerful so may not operate the action enough to fully open the bolt before the spent case is ejected. Maybe try other non-Garand ammo?

[DVSride]

I also picked up a rcbc precision mic so that way I will have the correct head spacing and bullet depth for this particular rifle. Haven't done any reloading yet but saving brass and picking up powder/primer/and reading up on reloading as much as I can

[M1NM]

GREAT toy - auto loaders are hard on brass. The resizing die will fix them. It may not take the shoulder dent out but will fix the mouth. They will be shootable the pressure of firing will push the shoulder dent back out but ejection will make a new one. Expect to get fewer reloads from them (maybe 10-15) and watch the necks for cracks. Try and find real M1 military fodder maybe some of the Greek stuff from CMP. The brass is harder to stand up to the M1s brutal loading and ejection. M1 commercial loads are usually a bullet weight under 170gr but using standard brass. M1s will take full power but don't like heavy bullets. I shot a few hundred 180gr full loads out of my National Match gun with no problems - it was all the bullets I had at the time and it was the mid 70s when I didn't know a lot about the care and feeding of the M1. The BAR gas system is different so you won't need to follow M1 rules.