While going through my stash of brass and tumbling 40 SW and 45, two tumblers going at once, what a cool sound...I found a coffee can of 308 brass. Ionly have one 308 a Ruger RSI, the International model with the Mannlicher stock. Fond memories so I decided to tumble that can of 308s and load em up for the summer.
I load both military cases and commercial cases and keep them separate, loading the heavier military cases about 2 grain less in powder. I ran across some that I have never seen and was curious if anyone knew the country that loaded them.
The headstamp caught my eye, it is:
AAC 83 with an emblem like a circle with a + (plus sign or cross hair in a circle).
These have a tiny centered hole like boxer primed but not large enough for an RCBS punch to move it. I assume it is some sort of Berdan primer but not a traditional one. Unlike any I have seen. The primer has the military crimp and a red sealant around the primer. Good looking brass that looks like boxer primed.
Anybody have a clue where these came from. I ran these thru the cartridge collector database and they have nothing in 308 with an AAC headstamp.
I load both military cases and commercial cases and keep them separate, loading the heavier military cases about 2 grain less in powder. I ran across some that I have never seen and was curious if anyone knew the country that loaded them.
The headstamp caught my eye, it is:
AAC 83 with an emblem like a circle with a + (plus sign or cross hair in a circle).
These have a tiny centered hole like boxer primed but not large enough for an RCBS punch to move it. I assume it is some sort of Berdan primer but not a traditional one. Unlike any I have seen. The primer has the military crimp and a red sealant around the primer. Good looking brass that looks like boxer primed.
Anybody have a clue where these came from. I ran these thru the cartridge collector database and they have nothing in 308 with an AAC headstamp.