can you reload blank brass?

[gandalf23]

I was looking on the government liquidation website and saw 2,000 pounds of fired 5.56mm blank brass up for auction in San Antonio.

http://www.govliquidation.com/auction/v ... Id=3257480

Can the crimp be trimmed off and this reloaded with bullets? Or is blank brass thinner or thicker or in some other way not usable as regular fireable brass?

[Rod]

Not that I know of. You'd probably have to cut too far down to get away from the weak points caused by the crimp. We use crimped brass for our gunfight reenactments and a couple of guys have tried it. you end up with brass that'll split.

[Netpackrat]

I think you could turn it into 7.62x25 brass, but since that is relatively available these days, it wouldn't be worth the effort.

[Aegis]

I'm pretty sure the brass isn't anywhere near as consistent as normal cartridge brass. The exterior dimensions should be pretty near identical, but the interior is less of a certainty, given that it doesn't have to contain a bullet, or all that much powder, relatively speaking. Case walls might be thicker or thinner, sometimes both in the same cartridge. That's how it was with some .30-06 blanks we tore apart a while back, just for shits and giggles, so it may be different in newer/different caliber brass.

[NVGdude]

I think you could turn it into 7.62x25 brass, but since that is relatively available these days, it wouldn't be worth the effort.

.380 brass.