G8tor
Active Member
I thought one of the ideas behind trying polymer cases was to discourage the pickup of cases for reloading. Scenario: military engages enemy, leaves spent cases all over the place, enemy picks them up, reloads them, and fights back. Looking around, the other claim I saw was it was 30% less weight. But, I also found this:
https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2014/03/25/pcp-polymer-cased-ammo-warning/
When I was overseas all of the spent .50 cal brass was collected and locked up. Turned out unsavory local nationals on base had been stealing it and the brass was being used in IEDs against us.