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Wyosmith · December 16, 2012, 12:38 PM

JimBob, why do you think the FAL wrecks brass?

I have been loading my own for my FALs since the 70s and it's always been just fine. I have owned 5 FALS since the mid 70s from 5 different countries and all have worked better with hand loads than any other auto 308s I have ever loaded for.
These include a converted M-1 Garand, two M1As, an FNAR, four different AR-10 style rifles, a Winchester M100, a Remington 742 and a few G-3s and their clones.

The German G-3 (HK91 and CETMEs ) are a bit hard on brass, but I have loaded from them too. Brass life is not as good, but even they work just fine with reloaded ammo. The dents in the cases are minor and don't effect the ammo at all as far as I can tell.

December 16, 2012, 12:38 PM	#9
Wyosmith Senior Member Join Date: December 29, 2010 Location: Shoshoni Wyoming Posts: 2,713	JimBob, why do you think the FAL wrecks brass? I have been loading my own for my FALs since the 70s and it's always been just fine. I have owned 5 FALS since the mid 70s from 5 different countries and all have worked better with hand loads than any other auto 308s I have ever loaded for. These include a converted M-1 Garand, two M1As, an FNAR, four different AR-10 style rifles, a Winchester M100, a Remington 742 and a few G-3s and their clones. The German G-3 (HK91 and CETMEs ) are a bit hard on brass, but I have loaded from them too. Brass life is not as good, but even they work just fine with reloaded ammo. The dents in the cases are minor and don't effect the ammo at all as far as I can tell.