rufuswd
Member
Got some TAA brass mixed with Lake City from Everglades Ammo. Does it load the same or do I need to work it up separately? Thanks for any help.
TAA BRASS
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I'm not familiar with the TAA headstamp. Take a full length sized case from both brands and fill them a fine dense powder and weigh both they should be within a few % of each other, Then you can load the same if the TAA is boxer primed. Ivan
ArchAngelCD
Moderator, SWCA Member, Absent Comrade
I "think" that is Israeli Military brass and if it is it's very good brass and on par with LC brass IMO.
From 205th Arsenal in Taiwan. I think it's from equipment that was shipped to Taiwan from a US company to make cheaper ammo for OUR military. Another case of shipping out our jobs by American traitor companies. Back to the brass, it's heavier than LC or RP .223 brass by about 3 grains. Less internal volume so if you're loading maximum loads in LC, Win, or RP brass then I'd reduce your charges and work up. The TAA brass I've loaded is good quality reloading brass but just heavier. I think the TAA brass has a thicker head (distance from outer surface to the inside where the primer flash hole comes through)? TAA brass is getting mixed in with a lot of suppliers LC American made brass as a result of our government buying lots of it for the military to shoot from this offshore affiliate of an American company, General Dynamics. Here's one story about General Dynamics and the 205 Arsenal in Taiwan:http://www.sptimes.com/2007/04/12/news_pf/Business/Battle_over_bullets.shtml
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Frank46
US Veteran
The thing about getting U.S. military ammo made for cost reasons overseas isn't something new. Look at some of the advertisements of the dealers who sell once fired military brass for reloading. You'll see the usual ww-rp-and then something like sbr and jyu or jmu. Think the sbr is a spanish company, and the last two may be south korean. Sellier and Bellot a Checklovakian touts in some of their ads that when American commercial ammo manufacturers have trouble filling contracts they take up the slack. I've seen winchester white box ammo with the made in Israel markings on the box. But having said all this, the taxpayer pays for domestic manufactured ammunition for the armed forces. Then the prime contractor goes out and subcontracts with another facility to produce this ammo. Now all U.S. ammo must meet certain military and nato specs. Is this foreign ammo held to these specs?. Frank
I don't believe it was outsourced so much to save money as to meet wartime demand. Mostly used for stateside training so LC could be reserved for combat use, Israeli ammo was also considered but was not PC for combat use in ME.
