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Posted: 11/5/2010 6:15:48 PM EDT
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I have what might be a dumb question but I am pretty new to all of this so here goes. I purchased 1000 processed LC once fired brass. The guy said it was deprimed, cut down to 1.755 and cleaned. Do I need to run it through my resizer before I start loading it or would have been re-sized since it is called processed brass. He said it was ready to load but I didn't know if it needed to be re-sized in my dies before going through my other dies.
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I would run every case through a case gauge and make sure they look like the pic. Before you load them. If they don't, they will need to be resized, and case length checked. (again, and maybe trimmed and deburred) Myself, I would not trust others to prep my brass, but that's me. The thing is, how do you know if the brass is once fired if you didn't remove the crimp yourself? Not saying you were cheated, just no way to confirm. I hope your brass was sized correctly, and loads fine. Good luck. |
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I have processed brass for other people. But I never say its ready to load. As has been said above you should gauge every case and inspect it for defects. Some people that process brass might have better QC controls than the people that buy and load it. I hope your brass is some of the good stuff.
If you don't mind me asking , what did you pay for it 
Good shooting 
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Thanks for the advice everyone. The price was 1000 for $99 and I made sure that they were trimmed and swagged because I don't have all the tools I need yet for processing brass. I will size them all to make sure they are alright.
It was labeled as Lake City but I pulled out 6 different pieces this morning and I found six different headstamps on them. They are WCC 05, Speer 07, LC 08, Frontier 556 NATO, Hornady 556 NATO and RP 223 REM. I would think that the first five are military brass but what about the RP 223? Thanks Hey Dryflash, what kind of gauge is that? Who makes the best and is it smart to run all the brass through one of those to check them before loading? |
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No, only the ones marked LC are Lake City, the rest are the manufacturers listed like Speer, Hornady, etc. and the number (05, 07, etc) is the year produced.
The gauge Dryflash put up is a Dillon guage, I believe. Those are the ones I bought, mainly because he told me to but Lyman and Wilson make good ones too.
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Thanks for the advice everyone. The price was 1000 for $99 and I made sure that they were trimmed and swagged because I don't have all the tools I need yet for processing brass. I will size them all to make sure they are alright. It was labeled as Lake City but I pulled out 6 different pieces this morning and I found six different headstamps on them. They are WCC 05, Speer 07, LC 08, Frontier 556 NATO, Hornady 556 NATO and RP 223 REM. I would think that the first five are military brass but what about the RP 223? Thanks Hey Ddryflash, what kind of gauge is that? Who makes the best and is it smart to run all the brass through one of those to check them before loading? Dillon gauge, which I think is the best. They are stainless steel unlike the cheaper ones. If you paid for once fired LC, that's not what you got. Run every case through case gauge, and check OAL again, if you have to resize. It's possible they will need trimming if you have to resize. Go up to Tutorials and read the 4 part "loading 223" posts. It is not hard to process brass. The cheapest way to remove the primer crimp is a Hornady primer pocket reamer, about $10. Chuck in drill for faster reaming. It has a built in stop, so you can't over ream. |
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