5.56/.223 Brass ?

[Insayn]

I have about 12 gallons of 5.56/.223 brass. I started to sort through it all and found it to consist of:
60% Winchester/WCC
20% Federal/FCC
20% Lake City/LC 05-07

To me, it appears the Federal and Lake City brass is somewhat thicker. Is one manufacture's brass better for reloading than the other?

 

[MR3GUN]

Re: 5.56/.223 Brass ?

The Federal in my experience will have a lot of loose primer pockets. I have seen primers fall out of Fed during matches and lock the trigger group up on an AR.

 

[Sig685]

Re: 5.56/.223 Brass ?

The Winchester brass is actually thicker than the LC brass, believe it or not. The Winchester is excellent for reloading and I use it a lot. In my AR, I easiy get 5 loads out of it and still counting.

The LC brass is also excellent brass but will need a little more preparation for the primer pocket. You may also want to double check the length depending on which weapon it was fired from.

I have no experience with Federal in .223, in .308 it has not given me any issues.

 

[ofcrfs242]

Re: 5.56/.223 Brass ?

Winchester is good stuff and so is the LC. I try to steer clear of Federa as I have had issues with it in the past. If I have a bunch of Federal I will load it once and then leave it lay.

As stated that LC will need more work to take the crimp off the primer pocket.

 

[chuff]

Re: 5.56/.223 Brass ?

12 gallons?!? You want to send some of that my way?