556/223 brass question

[bersaguy]

I have a fair amount of 556 and 223 brass that I'd like to sell or trade. Well a fair amount for me anyway, over 1k pieces. I see a lot of ads for once fired brass saying its not processed or only lightly tumbled. Is there something special about 223 brass that makes it less desirable if it is deprimed and tumbled?

 

[troy fairweather]

It's a lot less work if it's deprimed and cleaned, more the likely the primer crimp has been removed to.

 

[SlowFuse]

I think it can go either way. Some people want to see once fired brass as/is to evaluate the condition.

On the other hand some will pay a premium if some of the work has already been done.

 

[edwardware]

I value untouched LC 5.56 brass, because it's extraordinarily durable, very consistent, and I know exactly what I'm getting. I prefer to do my own prep; depriming is fine, but I don't want to pay you for it; tumbling is valueless, I'm going to tumble it anyway. Brass that's been sized, or worse pocket reamed, is almost useless to me.

If you're going to do anything, sort by headstamp.

 

[jeeptim]

For me I load lots of 223/5.56 I like L/C with silver primers its usually trimmed and decrimped makes my life easy

 

[lightman]

I'm another that prefers to do my own brass prep but I have deprimed and tumbled what little brass that I have sold. Often, buyers like shiney clean stuff!

 

[dgod]

I only have had issues with AR15 brass purchased that was processed. Main problem was 1, the sizer used by the owner was slightly oversized, making it difficult to load, 2, owner said it was processed, but the primer pockets were not swagged.

These two actions take quite a bit of time to correct. In the future, I will buy ONLY brass that has not been processed, as I can do it myself and not have the issues. This problem will only endanger bottle neck brass. Bottleneck as in: 5.56, 308, 30-06, 243, 300 AAC, 300 WM for me. I’m sure there are others.

Good Luck,
Merry Christmas
Dan

 

[Daniel1]

Does anyone know if you.can use 5.56 in a 223

 

[Blue68f100]

Does anyone know if you.can use 5.56 in a 223

The brass is the same only the name is different. You can not or should not shoot a 556 loaded ammo in a 223R unless the chamber is specked for such use. The difference is in the chamber.

 

[jbmillard]

I have a fair amount of 556 and 223 brass that I'd like to sell or trade. Well a fair amount for me anyway, over 1k pieces. I see a lot of ads for once fired brass saying its not processed or only lightly tumbled. Is there something special about 223 brass that makes it less desirable if it is deprimed and tumbled?

For me, if it has been de-primed and swaged, I don't really know that it's once fired. I prefer to do it myself. I'm going to full length resize, trim and tumble anyway.

 

[jebova2301]

For me, processed .223/5.56 is worthless. I WANT the primer to still be in there with the crimp(and ideally sealant) still in place. With processed brass, I have no idea how many times it has been reloaded, even if the company says it is "once fired" brass. Most "once fired" brass is just scooped up at ranges. What stops a guy like me that knows he gets about 10 loads from LC brass from going to the range and just leaving it after the 8th or so firing when I know the brass is about used up and to the point where I don't trust it anymore? If the primer is still crimped in, I can be pretty sure the only thing I have to deal with is it may have been fired one time out of a gun with a bit sloppy headspace or a loose chamber. I can live with that.