How hard is a PTR-91 on cases?

hodaka · January 31, 2010, 07:31 AM

I have decided to buy one soon. I have seen somewhere around here that "they are hard on cases". For any of you that have one, is this just the gas stripes or do they really tear them up? In the 80's I had an HK 91. When I could find the cases they reloaded just fine as do the one's from my P7 but the stripes are there. I have also heard Garand's are hard on cases but other that a few dents from time to time, they seem to work just fine. Thanks.

shootist16 · January 31, 2010, 11:31 AM

Seems that many people recommend getting a port buffer if you don't want the brass messed up.

rbernie · January 31, 2010, 11:37 AM

The gas stripes are hard to remove (tumbling doesn't seem to get them all off) and they can get pretty dented on their way out of the action.

Neither of those particularly bother me, and I've found precious few that are gashed rather than dented and which I subsequently won't reload. You can get a port buffer that helps reduce the gashes/dents on the cases; I've played with a few homemade versions and decided that it was all too much of a hassle. I generally use 308 starting loads in my 7.62x51 rifles, and that seems to keep the case denting to a minimum.

Truth be told, for cheap practice fodder I've been using polymer Wolf in my CETMEs and (in my limited experience) it's been working just fine.

January 31, 2010, 07:31 AM	#1
hodaka Senior Member Join Date: April 23, 2006 Location: South Texas Posts: 2,010	How hard is a PTR-91 on cases? I have decided to buy one soon. I have seen somewhere around here that "they are hard on cases". For any of you that have one, is this just the gas stripes or do they really tear them up? In the 80's I had an HK 91. When I could find the cases they reloaded just fine as do the one's from my P7 but the stripes are there. I have also heard Garand's are hard on cases but other that a few dents from time to time, they seem to work just fine. Thanks.

January 31, 2010, 11:31 AM	#2
shootist16 Member Join Date: October 13, 1998 Location: Knoxville, TN., USA Posts: 29	Seems that many people recommend getting a port buffer if you don't want the brass messed up. __________________ -Dennis

January 31, 2010, 11:37 AM	#3
rbernie Senior Member Join Date: August 10, 2004 Location: Plain Ol', TX Posts: 713	The gas stripes are hard to remove (tumbling doesn't seem to get them all off) and they can get pretty dented on their way out of the action. Neither of those particularly bother me, and I've found precious few that are gashed rather than dented and which I subsequently won't reload. You can get a port buffer that helps reduce the gashes/dents on the cases; I've played with a few homemade versions and decided that it was all too much of a hassle. I generally use 308 starting loads in my 7.62x51 rifles, and that seems to keep the case denting to a minimum. Truth be told, for cheap practice fodder I've been using polymer Wolf in my CETMEs and (in my limited experience) it's been working just fine. __________________ -A conclusion is not a destination, it's simply a convenient place to stop thinking.- -Reading a thing doesn't automatically make it so; repeating it doesn't necessarily make it any truer.- -Every Texan should be a member of the Texas State Rifle Association.

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