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Old September 25, 2007, 01:43 PM   #1
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357 Magnum Cases

Greetings,

I put my hand on boxed primed 357 Magnum cases with the following markings on the bottom: 357 Magnum nny (Cirrylic characters pi-pi-upsilon)

My question is simple : Are they good?

Another question not related: I am tumbling my cases with corn cobs and no shining agent. The cases are not very shiny but they are quite clean. Is it acceptable?

Thank you
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Old September 25, 2007, 01:47 PM   #2
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Can't answer the who makes the cases, but no a real shiny finish is not absolutely necessary for a cleaned case. (But they sure do look better) Come on ya cheapskate. A couple of pennies worth of polish won't break the bank.
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Old September 25, 2007, 10:12 PM   #3
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The 357 brass is PPU (Prvi Partisan), a Serbian ammo maker in Yugoslavia. It's OK.
I had problems with PPU brass in 9mm, wrong primer pocket size. But not with their 357s - they seem to be as good as any other make.

Never mind the appearance of the brass after tumbling, if it's clean it's good to use.
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Old September 26, 2007, 03:15 PM   #4
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Never worked with their .357 brass,

But Prvi's 7.5x55 is good stuff.

To be honest, in thousands of rounds, I've never noticed any difference in any .38/.357 brass I've used.

For pistol rounds, it's smorgasbrass for me. When I start working up hunting loads for my Marlin carbine, those will all go in new, top-quality brass, but that's just a conceit. I have no doubt that it will make no difference.

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