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ID, USA
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Posted: 2/26/2024 3:30:46 AM EDT
What manufacturer is this? I was expecting to see "LC" or some other manufacturers initials. I'm not sure if this is "09" as in 2009 or "60", and I don't know what "60" would mean.
Anybody know what this is? |
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Posted: 2/26/2024 11:59:38 AM EDT
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Is the brass annealed at the shoulder and case neck ?
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CO, USA
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Posted: 2/26/2024 7:54:10 PM EDT
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FWIW............ I read that as "60" but otherwise I'm of no help.
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Posted: 2/26/2024 8:28:54 PM EDT
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That '60' may actually be a '09'.
I read a couple of articles ON brass marked like this about 15yrs ago and the consensus was it's sanitized IMI - that brass, IIRC was headstamped 5.56 09 NATO. HTH |
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Posted: 2/26/2024 8:33:22 PM EDT
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Yeah, think thats 09...
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Posted: 2/26/2024 8:39:57 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Molon]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By osprey21: That '60' may actually be a '09'. I read a couple of articles ON brass marked like this about 15yrs ago and the consensus was it's sanitized IMI - that brass, IIRC was headstamped 5.56 09 NATO. HTH Not to mention that there was no such thing as NATO 5.56 in 1960 . . . . .... |
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CO, USA
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Posted: 2/26/2024 9:43:47 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Molon: Not to mention that there was no such thing as NATO 5.56 in 1960 . . . . .... Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Molon: Originally Posted By osprey21: That '60' may actually be a '09'. I read a couple of articles ON brass marked like this about 15yrs ago and the consensus was it's sanitized IMI - that brass, IIRC was headstamped 5.56 09 NATO. HTH Not to mention that there was no such thing as NATO 5.56 in 1960 . . . . .... Yes............. but there might be a factory code of "60." Otherwise..................... OP: others far more knowledgeable than me on this have spoken. :) |
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NC, USA
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Posted: 2/26/2024 9:48:30 PM EDT
[Last Edit: lysanderxiii]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ICU: Yeah, think thats 09... Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ICU: Yeah, think thats 09... It's "60" Originally Posted By Molon: Not to mention that there was no such thing as NATO 5.56 in 1960 . . . . .... Just because it's a "60" does not mean it's a year . . . . The state ammunition plant of Kyrgyzstan, just outside of Bishkek has used an identification code of "60" for many years. Maybe they're getting into the 5.56mm market. (It probably wasn't really NATO spec, though) EDIT Kyrgyzstan is a big exporter of arms and ammunition, btw. |
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ID, USA
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Posted: 2/27/2024 1:26:57 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By bfoosh06: Is the brass annealed at the shoulder and case neck ? Looks like it. |
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CO, USA
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Posted: 2/27/2024 1:48:22 AM EDT
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OP:
Where did you get it? Range pick up or? |
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ID, USA
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Posted: 2/27/2024 2:18:10 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Freedom_Lover]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TGH456E: OP: Where did you get it? Range pick up or? No I only try to pick up my own because my OCD can't handle not knowing how many times the random brass has been fired. This probably would have been ammo I bought in 2013 or so. I have a couple hundred of these, and I remember buying a couple of 120 round "value packs" in plastic mini ammo boxes, I think either XM193 or XM855. I think this brass is from those. Stuff was scarce around that time, could Federal have sourced some 3rd party brass? |
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CO, USA
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Posted: 2/27/2024 5:26:11 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Freedom_Lover: No I only try to pick up my own because my OCD can't handle not knowing how many times the random brass has been fired. This probably would have been ammo I bought in 2013 or so. I have a couple hundred of these, and I remember buying a couple of 120 round "value packs" in plastic mini ammo boxes, I think either XM193 or XM855. I think this brass is from those. Stuff was scarce around that time, could Federal have sourced some 3rd party brass? LOL.......... I'm the same.......... there is so much brass laying around, I ONLY pick once fired, factory brass. Others will be along shortly to disagree with me............ but No, that isn't Federal brass. I'm not sure what it is but it isn't that. IMHO, I remember those boxes you describe.............and the brass in question, didn't come from there. |
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PA, USA
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Posted: 2/27/2024 8:09:36 PM EDT
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I never heard of the "Sanatized" IMI brass, but that would be worth looking into as the other poster implied it was already hashed out and settled as that.
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