Head stamp question.

[SWThomas]

I have a bunch of 9mm brass head stamped with "WCC" with the circled cross and some that is "W M A 1 2". Is this stuff ok to reload?

[Pork Chop]

Yes, but it will have crimped primer pockets. It is 9mm NATO brass.

[SWThomas]

I tried reloading a few of them and had no issues seating a new primer. If they're crimped, shouldn't I NOT be able to do this?

[Ryno12]

I tried reloading a few of them and had no issues seating a new primer. If they're crimped, shouldn't I NOT be able to do this?

Not necessarily.

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[Pork Chop]

Not necessarily.

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This.

Sometimes they squeeze right in, other times they crush first. I get some WCC brass occasionally when scrounging range brass and I just sort them out and give them to a buddy who's more ambitious than I am. Out of 10 maybe 2-5 would REQUIRE the crimp removed, the others would snap in. Either way, I sort them out and donate them to the more dedicated. They are quality brass if you want to screw with them.

Ymmv

[SWThomas]

Ok. So I've concluded that I'm either the luckiest guy ever, or these WCC cases have been reloaded before. There about 30 of them and they all have accepted new primers with ease.

[Pork Chop]

Post a pic of the primer pocket.

[Airhasz]

Ok. So I've concluded that I'm either the luckiest guy ever, or these WCC cases have been reloaded before. There about 30 of them and they all have accepted new primers with ease.

Just load them all. I've loaded a couple thousand 9mm range pickups without swaging primer pockets, worst thing that happens is you waste a few primers. Now .556 brass is another animal, I swage them all before primers.

[Pork Chop]

it's a non issue. If they load, load them. If they don't, swage or ream.

Or, toss em. I've got a 5 gal bucket of pistol brass, so they aren't worth my time.

Whatever works for you.

[StrikerFired]

exactly, I just toss them in a bucket until I get enough to run a batch through the reamer and then load them up.