Israeli TZ headstamp .308 Win reloadable?

[Darth AkSarBen 20]

I have found some Israeli .308 Win bullets that are $14.95 per bag of 50. So I am wondering are they reloadable? Do they have the boxer primed cases, or are they a one shot, and pitch round? Nice brass case. I have "one" at home that is a TZ 81 headstamped.

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I have found some Israeli .308 Win bullets that are $14.95 per bag of 50. So I am wondering are they reloadable? Do they have the boxer primed cases, or are they a one shot, and pitch round? Nice brass case. I have "one" at home that is a TZ 81 headstamped.

 

 

Reloaded tons of 'em - Boxer primed. If you ever come across the wooden bullet blanks, you can pull the vampire killer and reload as usual.

[Azrial 1,091]

Buy them all!

[Darth AkSarBen 20]

I was at Dunham's Sporting Goods store this afternoon and bought 1 box of brown boxed .308 marked ".308 7.62 x 51" Shot a few and this evening I tried to resize them and came to realize that I couldn't knock out the primer. I did not "force" the issue. Looked in there with a flashlight and it looks like I have 2 holes on either side of where the main primer hole is. Bummer!! They were only $14.99 / box of 20. I think they are fire and forget.

 

Head stamp on them says " 308W O 82 O with the "O" across from each other and the "82" at the bottom.

Edited September 21, 2009 by Darth AkSarBen

[Rhodes1968 1,638]

Berdan primed but if they are brass they could be reloaded if things got tight enough, just takes a special jig and some water. At 30cents a round that's fairly cheap.

[JulianH 4]

If you were inclined, you can convert that brass to accept a boxer primer. I'm not sure if it's worth the trouble, but it's an option.

 

http://parallaxscurioandrelicfirearmsforums.yuku.com/topic/25275/t/Berdan-to-Boxer-Conversion-Method.html

 

Otherwise, why not just order straight up brass?

 

http://www.gibrass.com/brass.html

http://www.polygunbag.com/brass.html

http://www.scharch.com/categories.php?cat=7

[csspecs 1,987]

Head stamp on them says " 308W O 82 O with the "O" across from each other and the "82" at the bottom.

 

Uhh that ammo may also be corrosively primed. It would be good to carefully clean just in case.

[Darth AkSarBen 20]

Ironically, I also bought some Remington .308 Winchester 150 gr Core-LOCK PSP that were marked down to 19.99, but at the home I looked at the receipt and bought them for only $14.99. So this evening I went back and bought another box, again, $14.99. Got home and shot a Pizza Hut box at 100 yard. I put a dot on the box with a magic marker and shot a 5 shot, 0.561" group that cut almost all in the same hole!! I pulled the bullet and it had what appeared to be BL-C(2) powder in it so I weighed it at 46.4 grains with a 150.0 gr PSP flat base bullet. I compared some BL-C(2) I have and with the same weight, refilled the case to the same level inside the case. I have absolutlely NO WAY of knowing it is BL-C(2), but I think that it's a good start. More than likely it has a magnum primer if it's BL-C(2) as spherical is more difficult to ignite, and the magnum primer is very often used with ball powder for such a purpose. Probably Good bet is it a Remington bullet with remington primer as well. Will post picture if interested.