Came across a deal a $100 bucks for 800 sized and primed once fired LC brass for 5.56 . My chamber is a wylde type. I want precision long range ammo ,I was thinking of buying virgin Lupua brass . So is this a good deal ?
Once fired sized and primed LC brass
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Loved LC brass for my 5.56, but it was all free-range, just had to scoop it off the ground. Personally can’t imagine ever buying 5.56 brass, but if its sized and primed what is that worth to you? 800 pieces takes awhile to prep.
I haven't bought any since 2013 and payed $79/1000 for once fired LC556. I like to do my own crimp removal, primer seating, and sizing, but it is additional work. No idea what the brass market is today or what the going rate for LC OFB is.
What primer was installed?
Edit to say that I’d jump on that all day long if the brass is primed with any of the following: Fed 205M, Rem 7-1/2, CCI BR4, CC1 #41. At today’s primer prices, your essentially getting the brass for free, all the prep work done and still getting a deal on the primers at .80/per. I’ve seen boxes of 1000 primers selling for well over that in places like GB. It’s sucks but that’s they way it is unfortunately.
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Was watching an auction earlier in the week on GB for 1000 primed Speer .223 brass, winning bid was $286 IIRC, so yes $100/800 primed LC 5.56 brass is a good deal IMO.
Iron worker: question do you know which brand of primer that was used in this brass ?
In your efforts to seek precision long range ammunition, say you develop a load that prints .5 groups
you cant reproduce that same load, if you dont know what primer was use. Something to keep in mind.
Good Luck
In your efforts to seek precision long range ammunition, say you develop a load that prints .5 groups
you cant reproduce that same load, if you dont know what primer was use. Something to keep in mind.
Good Luck
Well I bought them . Turns out that its new lake city brass,guy thinks they use to be military tracer rnds. So the cases still have the chamfer in tack and the primers are silver with what looks like a spot of blue ink covering about an 1/8th of the primer? No I have no idea what brand primer ? Just weighted 3 pieces on the scale and they were within a grain of each other,but they're all LC but the other numbers on the case head are different ? I bought some Berger 77gr tactical bullets ,any suggestions on load I should try first ?
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well it sounds like the primers are the factory version used by Federal, i do like the LC .556 brass myself.
Black Hills uses LC brass in their remanufuatred 223/556 line. Well I’ve never used Berger 77 Grs bullets, thus far I’ve used Sierra 77 Gr HPBT MK’s. Varget provided some very tight groups in my testing, i would recommend that you get some load data from the Berger manual. Good Luck
You have WCC Winchester brass also. The primers are good, mil spec similar to Rem 7-1/2 or CCI 41 if this is takedown brass.
Well loaded up 77gr Berger OTM bullets today burning Tac ,Re#15 ,IMR 8208 XBR and CFE223 and dang it they all shot well at a 100yds .Point of Aim Tac and Re#15 shot high ,IMR 8208 XBR shot at POA . But CFE 223 shot a couple inch's low ? It was supposed to be my highest velocity ,but I forgot my Chronograph .
Iron Worker your chronograph will give lots of information going forward. Just keep in mind the lower the Standard deviation reading The more consistent your hand loads are. Vertical strings are velocity inconsistencies , lateral strings are COAL inconsistencie.
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