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Posted: 1/28/2018 12:45:11 AM EDT
Is it typical for the Federal XM80C to look so rough? So scratched and dented? The rounds look like they were pulled out of belts, or perhaps they are reloads. Also, what is with the dots on the case head? The rounds have between zero and four dots on the case head.
      
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Posted: 1/28/2018 3:43:42 AM EDT
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Yup... perfectly normal... not reloads, just some cosmetic cleaning and culling steps are omitted as a cost saving measure.
The dots are a form of dating / batch code. |
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Posted: 1/28/2018 1:04:03 PM EDT
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Weird because I have purchased thousands of rounds of Federal and American Eagle 5.56 M193, and I know what military ammo looks like. Although it's difficult to capture it in pictures, these XM80C rounds look like reloads, pull-downs or crap that was left to corrode in a bin. They feature corrosion, dents, scratches, crud, and just look like crap.
In 7.62x51, I have owned and used Hirtenberger, GGG, and Radway Green. In 5.56, I have owned and used Federal, AE, IMI, and IVI. This XM80C looks worse by far than any of the 30 year old surplus ammo that I have used over the years. Definitely not worth the money even at 50 cents a round. |
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Posted: 1/28/2018 5:38:32 PM EDT
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Weird because I have purchased thousands of rounds of Federal and American Eagle 5.56 M193, and I know what military ammo looks like. Although it's difficult to capture it in pictures, these XM80C rounds look like reloads, pull-downs or crap that was left to corrode in a bin. They feature corrosion, dents, scratches, crud, and just look like crap. In 7.62x51, I have owned and used Hirtenberger, GGG, and Radway Green. In 5.56, I have owned and used Federal, AE, IMI, and IVI. This XM80C looks worse by far than any of the 30 year old surplus ammo that I have used over the years. Definitely not worth the money even at 50 cents a round. |
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Posted: 1/28/2018 5:46:39 PM EDT
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Maybe the pics aren't doing justice to just how dirty this ammo is, and how rough the brass looks. I know what annealing looks like. This is the crappiest, ugliest ammo I have ever seen, and I am not comparing it to commercial when I say that.
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Posted: 1/30/2018 12:50:46 PM EDT
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Is this from PSA? Mine is coming tomorrow and I'll take a look for comparison. I'm guessing this might be the reason it's on clearance for so cheap.
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Posted: 1/30/2018 12:56:02 PM EDT
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Looks like LC 2nds and 3rds to me.
Shoot it! |
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Posted: 1/30/2018 2:56:20 PM EDT
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FPNI
Shoot it. |
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Posted: 1/30/2018 11:02:23 PM EDT
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i bought a box of bulk LC m80 that has some weird brown shit growing on some of the case. goes bang though.
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Posted: 1/31/2018 3:39:10 AM EDT
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Looks like the stuff I’ve bought. Produced surprisingly good groups out of my PA10 for bulk FMJ ammo. Around 1.5” at 100 yards
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Posted: 1/31/2018 9:40:01 AM EDT
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FPNI Shoot it. |
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Posted: 1/31/2018 12:12:59 PM EDT
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I got some 2013 lot XM80 and brass is tarnished AF, but I'm sure it will shoot fine.
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Posted: 2/13/2018 4:48:36 PM EDT
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Looks like typical bulk military ammunition to me. Also appears to have been de-linked, so possibly from a lot that did not make acceptance for a .mil order.
Honestly, nothing at all wrong looking with that ammunition. The "dots" are a numbering system used to identify which station on the machinery made the case. It's called an Octal numbering system and has been used on the high speed SCAMP machinery at LC for many decades... |
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Posted: 2/16/2018 9:24:54 AM EDT
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Look pretty typical. If it shoots bad I would worry but otherwise no problem.
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