On Sun, 6 Sep 2009 17:15:54 -0500, "Snag" wrote:

Gunner Asch wrote:
On Sun, 6 Sep 2009 13:21:20 -0600, "SteveB"
wrote:

I have a pack of 1,000 CCI #200 primers. What are they worth, and
do they deteriorate with age? Have two boxes of ought six ammo, and
two boxes of brass. What is all that worth? Just want to sell it
for a friend who's aging. And about fifty looks to be Jap rifle
rounds 7.5 and TOYO marked (stamped) on the base.

Thanks

Steve

Last x thousand #200s I bought were $12 per thousand. August of last
year. Now I understand that they are up around $45 per thousand.
Make
of which you want from that.

06 ammo is about a dollar a round to 1.50 a round at current pricing.
Normally its about .50 cents a round. (depends on brand and bullet as
well)

Brass, if once fired is worth a dime each.

The jap ammo, if boxer primed and in good shape are worth about $1-2
each for once fired cases. Hard to find and not very common. And
nearly
impossible to make from other cases. Ive paid $2.50 a round for once
fired 7.7 jap.

If its 7.5 marked..its possible to be Swiss or even French caliber.
....

Hope that helps

Gunner

7.7's can be fire-formed from '06 brass - but the neck will be short .
I've got 20 rounds (semi-commercial reloads , from '06 brass), but out of 5
rounds I've fired , I got two head seps , one shoulder crack , and two split
necks . It might be that my type 99 has excessive headspace , or it might be
that these were loaded way too hot . I need to get it checked ... wouldn't
happen to have a go-no go set for 7.7 , would you ?


Ah...check the base specs when converting 06 to 7.7....the 06 is about
..020 smaller at the web than is the 7.7. When you fire formed those
cases..they got balloon shaped at the base..and when you fired normal
velocity loads..they started to go and head seperate.

No..I dont, but its easy to check with a mic or caliper. Simply mic em
out at the web. (flash hole area on the outside)

Neck and shoulders are easy to take care of with a little propane torch
and a bowl of water. Simple stand em up in the bowl, fill with water so
the neck and shoulder are above the water line, heat em with the torch
until they are a faint dull red, and then kick em over into the water.
Neck annealing is required when setting the shoulder that far back when
doing an 06 to 7.7 conversion.

The Japs were pretty good about headspacing em right. Even on the very
late war Last Ditch rifles. As long as the bolt serial matches the
receiver serial, Ive never seen a bad headspace on a jap. And Ive
checked at least 100 or more. I have a number of conversions based on
the japs..decent receiver for making a heavy barrel action cheap.

And the Jap action is the strongest..bar none...strongest military
action ever made before 1980

Gunner

"Somewhere a True Believer is training to kill you. He is training with
minimum food or water,in austere conditions, day and night. The only thing
clean on him is his weapon. He doesn't worry about what workout to do---
his rucksack weighs what it weighs, and he runs until the enemy stops chasing him.
The True Believer doesn't care 'how hard it is'; he knows he either wins or he dies.
He doesn't go home at 1700; he is home. He knows only the 'Cause.' Now, who wants to quit?"

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