Lake City Brass question?

[Leaddog]

I normally load Lapua brass for my .308 with good results. Recently, I was given a fairly large quantity of once fired Lake City brass. The headstamps are marked LC LR and a two digit year (ex. 03).

What do you think of this brass? What is the history of this? Is it the real M118LR? Thanks for your feedback.

 

[sinister]

Re: Lake City Brass question?

LR designates it's from M118 LR.

While not Lapua or Winchester it is good quality brass.

 

[crod1972]

Re: Lake City Brass question?

great brass and primer pockets are not crimped

 

[Victor N TN]

Re: Lake City Brass question?

If you have been loading Lapua brass, you might want to drop the load a couple of grains and sneak up on it again. Lake City is wonderful brass. But the case voulme is slightly smaller than most commercial brass.

 

[DIBBS]

Re: Lake City Brass question?

<span style="font-weight: bold">Nah, the brass is absolutely no good. Send it to me for proper disposal</span>...Just kidding. While I don't have the LR LC brass, I have had good luck with standard LC brass. Thicker brass than commercial, so as mentioned you'll have to drop back your load probably 1-1.5 grains of powder to not run into pressure problems.

 

[BCP]

Re: Lake City Brass question?

I wish someone would give me a quantity of LC 308 brass, it's good stuff. Feels similar in weight to federal brass but not squishy like federal stuff is.

 

[Mudcat-NC]

Re: Lake City Brass question?

Good stuff. No, not as squishy as Federal, but more so than Lapua. For my 200/300 yard line rapid fire loads I have to back off the charge by 2 grs to keep them from giving me sticky bolt lift....but, as I dont run megaloads at either yard line, not an issue. I do not use it for LR use though, but I shoot the snot out of the stuff for practice, short range, etc. Like the guys have said, we can dispose of it for ya.

John

 

[USMARINE1108]

Re: Lake City Brass question?

I use it quite a bit. With the standard brass prep steps (de-burr flash hole, uniform primer pockets), it's been very consistant for me. Volume is a little bit less than commercial as mentioned. My load is:

155 Lapua Scenar
LC LR 07
Fed 210
43gr R15
2.800

That load is slightly compressed and is good for 2750ft/sec out of a 26" barrel.

 

[M25BeastShooter]

Re: Lake City Brass question?

I have access to quite a bit of the LC LR once fired brass. I've been loading it for a while I like to weigh the loades ammo, I know it's not really a true indicator of overall accuracy but it's one sign. The loadeed ammo runs less than 1 grain spread. It's worth getting some to try in your rifles, especially the LC LR or if you can find it the M852 (don't worry about the exterior knurling

 

[RobertB]

Re: Lake City Brass question?

Thats what I shoot. It is extremly accurate out of my rifle. Not saying I wouldn't shoot lapua or norma but it does just fine for me. Not to need anything else. I'm on my 3rd reload, so I dont know how long they last compared to others. Good luck with them.