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02-13-2013, 11:18 AM
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Lake City brass?
I have been told that since Lake City brass is military that I have to cut powder back 10%. Is there anything to this story?
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02-13-2013, 11:43 AM
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LAKE CITY brass
you have to swedge military but .223 is the same in anything I have cc. .308 in military is thicker & you have to cut back & for me doesnt group as well @ 200. I put all military in .308 to the side and let someone else own it. You used to get 1000 .223 once fired LC brass trimed & swedged & cleaned + 1000 55gr. boat tail jacketed bullets for $80 & free shipping from <SCHARCH>.
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02-13-2013, 01:45 PM
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Last summer a big lot of LC brass was on the market. Friends of mine were loading what would be ++P in modified bolt guns and the primer pockets held (Rem 7 1/2 primers). The Lapua Match 223 is the only other brass that would hold up! The match brass has no crimp on the primer is 223 or 308, and of course the unprimed new brass has no crimp. Lake City is a government arsenal, the opperation rotates between the big 3, and Federal has had it for a while; I have no idea when the change of opperators happens or who it will be. I believe it is the last of the government arsenals, although I see a lot of 50BMG, new assembly on 1940's and 1950's Frankfort Arsonal brass (must of made 100,000,000 extra cases), but I don't know who puts it together.
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02-13-2013, 02:00 PM
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Lake City is heavier than most commercial .223 brass. It may or may not have crimped primer pockets.
It's easy to measure the cases internal volume.
Anytime you change brass it's a good idea to reduce a bit and work back up.
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02-13-2013, 02:05 PM
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Unless you intend to use max loads it won't make a difference. Any difference between commercial .223 and 5.56 brass is nil. Nearly every round of .223 I've reloaded is Mil brass. Once the crimped is removed (swedging is best), sized, and trimmed, it's great stuff.
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02-13-2013, 03:31 PM
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It ONLY applies to 7.62 not 5.56. Lake city brass is THE *****. That's all I will use.
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02-13-2013, 07:39 PM
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I hope it's good because there's 1K of them in the tumblers right now.
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02-13-2013, 10:56 PM
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great brass
I use varget for anything from 55-77 grain bullets with very good results. A case full of varget will be around 27.5 grains and works great for me with the 55 grain fmj in all of my ar15s. Work up of course, I think that's over max a little.
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