Dvldad
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Has anyone tried these cases? I've been doing a bunch of YouTubing on these and they look quite interesting. I'm going to get some to load up in one of my 223's and try some 53 and some 73gr bullets
NAS3 cases
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Rotten
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I haven't ever tried them but have looked at the website.
I believe they have their own special dies for reloading due to the nickel aluminum alloy . There was a post about them having trouble resizing just a few days ago.
Its a good concept I guess if your looking at higher pressures but as with everything in life there is no free lunch. You would gain increase pressure and velocity but lose barrel life and who knows what else problems may come out of that. Hopefully none but I don't know.
I believe they have their own special dies for reloading due to the nickel aluminum alloy . There was a post about them having trouble resizing just a few days ago.
Its a good concept I guess if your looking at higher pressures but as with everything in life there is no free lunch. You would gain increase pressure and velocity but lose barrel life and who knows what else problems may come out of that. Hopefully none but I don't know.
Hayabusa1321
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Neat concept. So far ill stick w brass
Greatgrandad
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There are threads on these cases already posted. Just do a simple search for NAS3.
I started to post this info but felt like I was hijacking someone else's thread.
I recently received a batch of the NAS3 cases in 7.62x51.
As people have stated, these aren't really reloadable so far, but I wanted to test them with a few different bullet/powder combinations and see how they do.
My fired case capacity is 60.85 gr of H2O.
First ladder test is with 175 LRX and Varget.
After calibrating GRT for powder lot: This is what it's showing:
I recently received a batch of the NAS3 cases in 7.62x51.
As people have stated, these aren't really reloadable so far, but I wanted to test them with a few different bullet/powder combinations and see how they do.
My fired case capacity is 60.85 gr of H2O.
First ladder test is with 175 LRX and Varget.
After calibrating GRT for powder lot: This is what it's showing:
Also, there are various threads and postings on the usage and forming of the Fury Hybrid cases that also run at higher pressures. I use them in a 243 and 308 loading, and I am running the 243 with 105gr at 3,400fps and the 308 with 180gr at just under 3,000fps.
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Dvldad
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Those are impressive numbers!!!!!There are threads on these cases already posted. Just do a simple search for NAS3.
I started to post this info but felt like I was hijacking someone else's thread.
I recently received a batch of the NAS3 cases in 7.62x51.
As people have stated, these aren't really reloadable so far, but I wanted to test them with a few different bullet/powder combinations and see how they do.
My fired case capacity is 60.85 gr of H2O.
First ladder test is with 175 LRX and Varget.
After calibrating GRT for powder lot: This is what it's showing:
Also, there are various threads and postings on the usage and forming of the Fury Hybrid cases that also run at higher pressures. I use them in a 243 and 308 loading, and I am running the 243 with 105gr at 3,400fps and the 308 with 180gr at just under 3,000fps.
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ammodrew
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I don't think Shell Shock (NAS3) advertises any reloading dies for their rifle stuff. I did some early development work with the NAS3 trying to reload it, I've dabbled in it a bit recently, what seems to work best are the Lee Collet dies. I recently purchased one of these dies after seeing the other thread and have been doing some experimenting with it, I recently sized and reloaded some, however I haven't had a chance to take them out to the range for a test. The case necks on these cases don't seem to move much, but in talking to Andrew, supposedly the base sealing system does move a bit, that said, the cases I have all went into a Lyman gauge just fine.
Matt Tatum
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I have been playing with them for a while now. I worked a load with the 60 grain nosler ballistic tip and cfe223. 10 shot average was 3475fps. It's in a bolt action rifle, 22". I have no pressure signs and 3 round groups well under 1/2". I have not had any luck reloading them. I won't give up my brass cases but they should hit a little harder than my other loads. Hope to try them on a prairie dog hunt later this year.
Dvldad
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I ordered 250 of them and burned through them testing quite a few different powders. I am really wanting them for a 73gr eld and I did shoot some great groups but never consistently. I did find the 53gr vmax to be extremely accurate and blistering fast. My sd numbers were in the single digit. My last outing they were moving 3639fps avg. This was from a 24" barrel out of my ar15.
