How does the LCLR brass compare to the regular LC and WCC brass? Is the case volume different? I have some regular LC and WCC brass but I noticed the M118 ammo is loaded with LCLR.
LC LR brass
- Thread starter badshooter
- Start date
-
- Tags
- brass
Re: LC LR brass
It's absolute crap... send it to me & I'll swap it out with some good 'ol FC brass for ya... piece for piece...
It's absolute crap... send it to me & I'll swap it out with some good 'ol FC brass for ya... piece for piece...
Re: LC LR brass
This is a good question. Somewhere in my vast stash of LC, WCC, & WRA .308 brass are 3 or four pieces LC LR brass with the band of notches down by the case head. I see loading data that calls for this case, but am reluctant to use it if I don't know how the case capacity relates to standard LC brass. Someone here must've weighed the stuff. Maybe it's a secret. . . .
This is a good question. Somewhere in my vast stash of LC, WCC, & WRA .308 brass are 3 or four pieces LC LR brass with the band of notches down by the case head. I see loading data that calls for this case, but am reluctant to use it if I don't know how the case capacity relates to standard LC brass. Someone here must've weighed the stuff. Maybe it's a secret. . . .
Re: LC LR brass
I don't have any LC LR brass, but I think it's similar to LC Match brass in that it doesn't have the crimped primer pockets. Perhaps there are other features that are different than LC Match. BTW, I have a batch of LC Match that has those serrations around the body of the brass near the base. The rest of my LC Match doesn't have these serrations.
I don't have any LC LR brass, but I think it's similar to LC Match brass in that it doesn't have the crimped primer pockets. Perhaps there are other features that are different than LC Match. BTW, I have a batch of LC Match that has those serrations around the body of the brass near the base. The rest of my LC Match doesn't have these serrations.
Re: LC LR brass
My LR weighs 10 grains more than my REM. It needs about 1/2 grain less powder. Just drop a grain and work it up.
YMMV Rob
My LR weighs 10 grains more than my REM. It needs about 1/2 grain less powder. Just drop a grain and work it up.
YMMV Rob
Re: LC LR brass
A friend just gave me some .556 LC75 brass that has the knurled band down by the casehead. Are these blanks, or match brass? My friend said they had been sized & trimmed by someone else.
A friend just gave me some .556 LC75 brass that has the knurled band down by the casehead. Are these blanks, or match brass? My friend said they had been sized & trimmed by someone else.
Re: LC LR brass
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: AlcoholicusRex</div><div class="ubbcode-body">A friend just gave me some .556 LC75 brass that has the knurled band down by the casehead. Are these blanks, or match brass? My friend said they had been sized & trimmed by someone else. </div></div>
On a 5.56mm a band means it was a blank round that someone trimmed to make a live case,not a great idea. On M852 7.62mm it means match brass,but not in 5.56mm. They didn't even make any "match" 5.56mm for the military in 1975.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: AlcoholicusRex</div><div class="ubbcode-body">A friend just gave me some .556 LC75 brass that has the knurled band down by the casehead. Are these blanks, or match brass? My friend said they had been sized & trimmed by someone else. </div></div>
On a 5.56mm a band means it was a blank round that someone trimmed to make a live case,not a great idea. On M852 7.62mm it means match brass,but not in 5.56mm. They didn't even make any "match" 5.56mm for the military in 1975.
Re: LC LR brass
I have both LC Match and LR and I have never noticed any diffrence between them as far as cacse capacity or performance when shot.
I have both LC Match and LR and I have never noticed any diffrence between them as far as cacse capacity or performance when shot.
Re: LC LR brass
Thanks! My friend thought that I could use them for .300 whisper if they were indeed sized & trimmed blanks, but I think I'm gonna recycle them. By the way, it looks like they had been fired, unless the guy sized them without the decapping pin
Thanks! My friend thought that I could use them for .300 whisper if they were indeed sized & trimmed blanks, but I think I'm gonna recycle them. By the way, it looks like they had been fired, unless the guy sized them without the decapping pin
Re: LC LR brass
Excuse me ?? You said they were 5.56 and then you said they were going to be used in a .300 Whisper ... WTF ??? over
BTW, LC LR NEVER had knurles only Match.
Excuse me ?? You said they were 5.56 and then you said they were going to be used in a .300 Whisper ... WTF ??? over
BTW, LC LR NEVER had knurles only Match.
Re: LC LR brass
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Will</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Excuse me ?? You said they were 5.56 and then you said they were going to be used in a .300 Whisper ... WTF ??? over
BTW, LC LR NEVER had knurles only Match. </div></div>
Will I think He is useing 5.56 cut down and resized to make a 30cal fit it for subsonic loads.(300whisper or 300fireball)
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Will</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Excuse me ?? You said they were 5.56 and then you said they were going to be used in a .300 Whisper ... WTF ??? over
BTW, LC LR NEVER had knurles only Match. </div></div>
Will I think He is useing 5.56 cut down and resized to make a 30cal fit it for subsonic loads.(300whisper or 300fireball)
Re: LC LR brass
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: ASM1</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Will</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Excuse me ?? You said they were 5.56 and then you said they were going to be used in a .300 Whisper ... WTF ??? over
BTW, LC LR NEVER had knurles only Match. </div></div>
Will I think He is useing 5.56 cut down and resized to make a 30cal fit it for subsonic loads.(300whisper or 300fireball) </div></div>Yes, that is correct sir. Chamber pressures for the subsonic loads I run are in the 35,000psi to 38,000psi range, so I thought I might be able to make it work, but I just don't want to get in the habit of pushing the envelope.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: ASM1</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Will</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Excuse me ?? You said they were 5.56 and then you said they were going to be used in a .300 Whisper ... WTF ??? over
BTW, LC LR NEVER had knurles only Match. </div></div>
Will I think He is useing 5.56 cut down and resized to make a 30cal fit it for subsonic loads.(300whisper or 300fireball) </div></div>Yes, that is correct sir. Chamber pressures for the subsonic loads I run are in the 35,000psi to 38,000psi range, so I thought I might be able to make it work, but I just don't want to get in the habit of pushing the envelope.
Re: LC LR brass
They actually have a different headstamp too.
LC Match has the notched band.
LC LR does not.
They actually have a different headstamp too.
LC Match has the notched band.
LC LR does not.
