What's the value of 1500 pcs of once fired 223 brass?

I do not know what the head stamp is at this time.

Thanks in advance

Sir, FWIW, Jeff Bartlett ( www.gibrass.com ) sells once-fired USGI Lake City 5.56 brass for $60 per thousand. Being GI, it has the crimped primer pockets; having the crimps removed adds $15 per thousand.

Hope this helps, and Semper Fi.

Ron H.

Thanks Ron

All the reloading guys over on AR-15.com always used to say that Federal .223 brass wasn't any good for reloading. I don't remember why, and I never investigated it. I just quit buying Federal American Eagle and bought 2000 rds. of Jeff Bartlett's prepped G.I. brass.

Lake City and Federal are the same. I shot high power for a few years and the was all I used. For match they are fine, if you want hot load they wear fast. Plus people don't like the mil. crimp on the primers.

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Originally posted by Bullseye Smith:
Lake City and Federal are the same. I shot high power for a few years and the was all I used. For match they are fine, if you want hot load they wear fast. Plus people don't like the mil. crimp on the primers.

Sir, Federal commercial brass and Lake City military brass are not the same. Federal brass is very soft compared to LC and does not last as many loadings. Federal did run the Lake City plant for a time (may still, as far as I know), so possibly that's the source of the misconception.

Hope this helps, and Semper Fi.

Ron H.

Federal .223 brass is reputed to be very soft and some shooters report primers falling out of loosened pockets. I use Federal brass which I know to be once fired and I load it with CCI primers. This way I can get a few loadings out of it and I never have any trouble. I wouldn't pick up any range scrap though.

Dave Sinko

When you start deburring primer flash holes, you'll see the difference in LC and FC pretty quickly. The FC also seems to have pretty soft primer pockets and I doubt that it will last very many firings.