I have over 350 pieces of 30-06 brass headstamped LC69 military? any value? I am cleaning up the bench.
Dean

I think the LC stands for Lake City, I am sure someone on here will take it off your hands

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Originally posted by tonto:
I have over 350 pieces of 30-06 brass headstamped LC69 military? any value? I am cleaning up the bench.
Dean

Has it been reloaded before, or is it once fired?

Lake City brass often has a primer crimp that requires a heavy duty de-priming pin and a tool to remove the crimp. I have some and it is alright for reloading.

When working a load up, it is recommended that you reduce your data by about 2 grains, including the manual's listed max.

There is some information regarding military 30-06 brass in the Lyman reloading manual that is good to note.

I hope this helps.

I am not sure if its ever been reloaded? Most of it has something red around the primers? There are over 350 rounds. I was going to sell it but have no idea what to ask. i dont reload for 30-06. I wouls also trade for some 44/40 brass
dean

If its still got the red sealer around the primers, it's 1x. Not worth a great deal but not junk neither. It would probably have greater trade value than dollar value.

The red around primers is a sealer and, as stated indicates once fired Lake City manufactured in 1969. Good clean LC brass usually sells for $.10 a round. It is good brass, a bit heavier than most commercial brass.

The primers are crimped and as stated a bit harder to remove than commercial and the crimp will have to be removed before re-priming. This can be done by swaging or reaming.

Regards,
hm

Edited to add: Many gas gun shooters actually prefer the GI brass as it holds up better than commercial.

Thanks for the info. I have been sorting it and giving it a quick cleaning. I hate to see it go to waste. I have close to 400rds.
Dean

Hi tonto,

I don't have any 44/40 brass to trade but I do have some 30/30 and a ton of .38spl. Any use to you? I just joined this site yesterday. I used to load .357mag quite abit about ten years ago with a lee loadmaster. Now I'm getting back into it. Got my loadmaster set back up and cleaned and my wife got me a single stage press for Xmas with a digital scale and dies for .3006, .308Win, .303Brit, 7.5Swiss, and 8mm mauser. Now I need some brass. I have about 20 .3006 empty and about 60 still full . I belong to the russian-mosin-nagant forum which is great if you collect guns but there isn't enogh people reloading there to give the help I need. This forum looks incredible! It seems to have a nich for everything I love from guns to taxidermy. If any of my brass would help you out in a trade let me know, or how mutch you want for your brass. I live next door in Mass. so I don't think shipping would be much.

Thanks alot, Neal B.