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Posted: 12/18/2014 8:35:48 PM EDT
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I'd bet that is Federal ( ATK ) being cheap.... all these "slivers" of brass add up.
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Posted: 12/18/2014 9:06:06 PM EDT
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That is about the best idea I could think of. Other than them being nice and saving reloaders from trimming for a few firings.
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Posted: 12/18/2014 9:12:33 PM EDT
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That is about the best idea I could think of. Other than them being nice and saving reloaders from trimming for a few firings. usually by the time I need to trim Federal brass the primer pockets are too loose to bother |
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Posted: 12/18/2014 9:20:48 PM EDT
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Because it's not high quality and over millions of rounds making them short saves money.
Why I have a poor opinion of FC 223 brass. If I come by some, I trade it off. Some folks use it, but I'll pass.
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Posted: 12/18/2014 9:30:05 PM EDT
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Did I miss something? Federal 223 brass at 1.40" to 1.43"?
 I just checked about 20 rounds of FC 223 brass and none are shorter than 1.7390"
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Posted: 12/18/2014 9:38:44 PM EDT
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Federal brass makes great blackout brass.
I have a batch that I have loaded 4 times now. |
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Posted: 12/19/2014 7:44:25 AM EDT
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Is the brass really 1.40 to 1.43, or did you forget a number someplace?
If it is that short, I would throw it in the recycle bin. |
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Posted: 12/19/2014 7:50:03 AM EDT
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I think the OP is reporting his find of headspace, not OAL case length.
Think about it. |
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Posted: 12/19/2014 10:21:02 AM EDT
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I haven't loaded an .223 FC in a few months. That last batch was fine.
I have about 1k of once shot, not prepped, .223 FC brass. I shot them over the last year from an FN NATO chamber or a Rainier Arms NATO chamber. I just checked about a dozen. Case length: 1.735-1.740 Shoulder using a Hornady gauge: 1.456-1.461 |
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Posted: 12/19/2014 11:32:48 AM EDT
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I think the OP is reporting his find of headspace, not OAL case length. Think about it. Makes sense but should have specified. V |
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Posted: 12/19/2014 12:50:45 PM EDT
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Because it's not high quality and over millions of rounds making them short saves money. http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_6_42/276154_.html&page=1 Why I have a poor opinion of FC 223 brass. If I come by some, I trade it off. Some folks use it, but I'll pass. My sentiments exactly. I'll trade it off or give it away to keep from having to waste space storing it. |
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Posted: 12/19/2014 1:18:19 PM EDT
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Nothing wrong with current Federal brass...
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Posted: 12/19/2014 1:19:14 PM EDT
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My sentiments exactly. I'll trade it off or give it away to keep from having to waste space storing it. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Because it's not high quality and over millions of rounds making them short saves money. http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_6_42/276154_.html&page=1 Why I have a poor opinion of FC 223 brass. If I come by some, I trade it off. Some folks use it, but I'll pass. My sentiments exactly. I'll trade it off or give it away to keep from having to waste space storing it. Fill up a med flat rate box and I'll pay the shipping... 
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Posted: 12/19/2014 3:06:54 PM EDT
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I load FC until the PP gives out, up to 7-8 times on quite a few.
Its just plinkin brass. |
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Posted: 12/19/2014 3:19:33 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Fill up a med flat rate box and I'll pay the shipping... Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Because it's not high quality and over millions of rounds making them short saves money. http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_6_42/276154_.html&page=1 Why I have a poor opinion of FC 223 brass. If I come by some, I trade it off. Some folks use it, but I'll pass. My sentiments exactly. I'll trade it off or give it away to keep from having to waste space storing it. Fill up a med flat rate box and I'll pay the shipping... That's the thing, I don't have any. |
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Posted: 12/19/2014 6:13:06 PM EDT
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Nothing wrong with current Federal brass... EXACTLY I not found any problem with it. Some of my FC brass is on its 4th reload and showing no signs of distress. V |
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Posted: 12/20/2014 12:12:59 AM EDT
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EXACTLY I not found any problem with it. Some of my FC brass is on its 4th reload and showing no signs of distress. V Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Nothing wrong with current Federal brass... EXACTLY I not found any problem with it. Some of my FC brass is on its 4th reload and showing no signs of distress. V Same here. I will keep loading it. |
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Posted: 12/20/2014 10:02:28 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: EXACTLY I not found any problem with it. Some of my FC brass is on its 4th reload and showing no signs of distress. V Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Nothing wrong with current Federal brass... EXACTLY I not found any problem with it. Some of my FC brass is on its 4th reload and showing no signs of distress. V I stopped using fc brass when I found 3 cases where the primer had fallen out when I was tumbling the lube off. This was the 4th loading.
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Posted: 12/20/2014 11:11:50 AM EDT
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I have a few different lots of FC some have headstamp Large FC, small fc, some with 223 rem or 223rem no space between them, what I noticed is some I sized for my 6x45 came out over 1.760 and some came out 1.37, 1.40,etc I will mostlikely use them for test loads as they vary in weight as well to wildly, I am using my LC lots for my hunting/target loads.
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Posted: 12/20/2014 12:09:04 PM EDT
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Same here. I will keep loading it. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Nothing wrong with current Federal brass... EXACTLY I not found any problem with it. Some of my FC brass is on its 4th reload and showing no signs of distress. V Same here. I will keep loading it. I have bags of FC nickel plated. it's bolt action specific. I started saving the wolf polymer for the sub non-cycling loads. It's like my 223 has been color coded for ease of use 
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Posted: 12/21/2014 1:55:22 AM EDT
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Because it's not high quality and over millions of rounds making them short saves money. http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_6_42/276154_.html&page=1 Why I have a poor opinion of FC 223 brass. If I come by some, I trade it off. Some folks use it, but I'll pass. i will never use FC brass in 223. its trash. garbage, shit. belongs at the scrap yard i have had my AR go down twice because of primers blowing out under normal loads. i cull out any FC from my brass stash and sell it or scrap it. |
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