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Posted: 8/27/2015 12:35:14 PM EDT
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Do they suck in everything or just .223/5.56
Just picked up a .44 mag and the first box of shells I got is federal On inspection they look fine but I've only fired / cleaned half a box so far |
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I'm new to reloading, but I can speak for fed .308 brass. After cleaning up some once fired brass I just de-capped, I notice about 25% of them have a ring aroud the case, close to the head. I've come to learn this means the brass has stetched. My first batch of 20 worked great, but I've put this twice fired brass aside, possibly to just scrap or load maybe just once more.
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They have a special at Midway.....a brick of Fed. .22 and 80 rounds of American Eagle .556. I orderd some just before I noticed this anti Federal thread, mainly because the price was right, and I heard that that .556 brass was most likely LC brass, since Federal makes LC brass for the military these days......and I needed to lessen the shipping hit for a small order I needed badly.
I was right, the head stamps say "LC" with the Nato circled cross and date. I'm pretty sure that brass is perfectly fine. The Federal .22 brick came with brass plated lead hollow points....also something I'm not worried about. I'm not refuting anything, just saying that there is Federal rifle brass that might just be Okay. 
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They have a special at Midway.....a brick of Fed. .22 and 80 rounds of American Eagle .556. I orderd some just before I noticed this anti Federal thread, mainly because the price was right, and I heard that that .556 brass was most likely LC brass, since Federal makes LC brass for the military these days......and I needed to lessen the shipping hit for a small order I needed badly. I was right, the head stamps say "LC" with the Nato circled cross and date. I'm pretty sure that brass is perfectly fine. The Federal .22 brick came with brass plated lead hollow points....also something I'm not worried about. I'm not refuting anything, just saying that there is Federal rifle brass that might just be Okay. You are correct, LC brass is fine - some of the best you can get actually. LC brass is not FC brass. Federal does not make LC brass, they just have access to it, and use it in their 5.56 labelled ammo. |
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