07 October 2001, 06:46
<JoeM>Military brass
Hello,
I want to learn about Lake City military brass, 223 Rem. (Ok, Ok, 5.56 NATO
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I have heard that there are some variations of this. I have heard that there are match rounds with no crimp. Is this true? Also I have heard there are some that use the large primer, and were marked LC 85 or some such number. Can anybody verify this?
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Joe M
07 October 2001, 07:59
<Bill>Joe,
I may be wrong on this one but, I was always under the impression that if the casehead was stamped witha cross insdie of a circle it had a crimped primer.
Hope that can be of help
09 October 2001, 16:06
<Jeff S>Military MATCH ammo/brass is generally NOT crimped. The circle with a cross is a NATO headstamp and has no bearing on primer crimp or not.
10 October 2001, 04:16
<bobshawn>JoeM __
The LC 85 cases I use have the normal small rifle primer.
Good shooting.
Robert
10 October 2001, 06:14
<saltaparapetos>Hi JoeM: In my opinion .223 LC brass is one of the best cases I have. I use them to get 222 Rem and .30 Mauser, and now I have cases that have been reloaded 10 times, and they still look good. All are primed crimped, but I get rid of that crimp with a RCBS tool. I have no splits, no broken cases.... no susprises with this brass. Nice stuff.
Greetings.