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Posted: 5/31/2011 11:46:25 AM EDT
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I recently picked up two cases of the Federal XM855 rounds this past week.
I was taking a look at the brass and noticed a bunch of circlular punches on the primer rim. I was informed those type of markings were ejector marks. I was under the impression that these were just factory rejects. But am I correct in thinking these were LC reloads? Sorry about all the arrows but was trying to show the randomness. http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q212/atvryde/Reloading/Capture-3.jpg |
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Octal numbering system, they identify the machine they were made on. The shallow dots are coincidental to the deep, clealrly defined dots which are the actaul identifiers. I believe there are 13 stations on the SCAMP machinery at LC knocking out ammo and each station has it's own dot pattern. |
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Octal numbering system, they identify the machine they were made on. The shallow dots are coincidental to the deep, clealrly defined dots which are the actaul identifiers. I believe there are 13 stations on the SCAMP machinery at LC knocking out ammo and each station has it's own dot pattern. You could be completely making this up and known of us would ever know.... But hey sounds good to me! 
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It could be the lighting....but that brass looks suspicious, it looks like that brass has been swaged, which would only happen on reloaded ammo. The dots you are seeing aren't anything to be concerned about. But I also note the LC 11 headstamp, and its unlikely brass produced in 2011 would have already been shot and reloaded. |
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Bought some American Eagle LC w/ no marks....Sorry about the size of pic. On my IPad.
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q212/atvryde/Gun/34765e28.png |
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