Monarch brass

[Bruce Mc]

Do any of y'all that reload a lot of 9mm use Monarch brass. I have shot a lot of it but have not been reloading 9mm and not keeping the brass. I've been considering getting a set of 9mm dies for my Dillon, not to save money, but to keep myself occupied. I have a bunch of Monarch ammo that will be rendered into once fired brass in the next few months. Is it worth picking up.

 

[truck driver]

To be honest Bruce I've never heard of Monarch brass unless it's made by Federal who made Monarch shot gun shells.
I would google it to see where it's manufactured.
Then on the other side I save all brass cases to take to the junk yard and sell for scrap once it exceeds its usefulness.

 

[Bruce Mc]

Monarch is the store brand ammo for Academy Sports. It shoots and it's cheap.

 

[wvbuckbuster]

You can try it and see if it works ok. At the worst it will keep you occupied for awhile till other brass comes along.

 

[truck driver]

What's the markings on the case head besides 9MM?

 

[Charlie-NY]

It may burn up your excess time but it sure isn't worth the time or effort. 9mm bulk ammo is so cheap that I can't load it for the same price. I can just barely save a buck on 40 S&W reloads.

 

[Bruce Mc]

It may burn up your excess time but it sure isn't worth the time or effort. 9mm bulk ammo is so cheap that I can't load it for the same price. I can just barely save a buck on 40 S&W reloads.

Yeah that is a point, the 115 gr fmj is 24 cents a round. Thec124gr Nato is 20 cents.

 

[Bruce Mc]

Monarch is manufactured in Brazil (mon headstamp), some is made by Prvi (PPU headstamp) and Monarch in Turkey (trk headstamp). Those are just the ones I know about. I guess I'll pick some up next time out, deprime them and see how they clean up.

 

[wvbuckbuster]

Don't remember which brand it was but encountered some brass-colored steel cases 9mm. A magnet would pick it up reason I know. Wasn't aware that such cases were in production. Plain steel yes, brass colored no. Might be on the lookout for this.

 

[diverdown]

Don't remember which brand it was but encountered some brass-colored steel cases 9mm. A magnet would pick it up reason I know. Wasn't aware that such cases were in production. Plain steel yes, brass colored no. Might be on the lookout for this.

I shoot quite a bit of 9mm that I reload and I'm very careful about picking cases up other than mine. I have also found steel cases that are brass in color.

 

[Bruce Mc]

I've never been too particular about brass (not steel) reloading range fodder for my 45 acp. I just took a bunch from the bucket the trustees filled cleaning up after range sessions. The club range I shoot at now is paved with pistol brass. Doesn't seem that many pick up brass. They also don't allow reloads in the informal matches they host. I will likely try and pick up only my own but picking up a variety of brass is inevitable using one of those roller brass retrievers from Midway. I've got a lot of cheap 9mm to shoot before I fire up the reloader. I will pick up 9mm brass clean and sort them in the mean time. The 9mm dies from Dilon seem to be a couple months back ordered anyway.