Megawatt maker
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My brass is showing my age. For a very long time, back before I got into ARs, before my Mini 14 era even, some little bug inside my head told me to gather up and save 556/223 brass...going way back. Even when I got heavy into reloading, I never even considered reloading 556/223...the stuff was just too cheap...and at the time, it was the age of "broad side of barn" accuracy for Mini 14s anyway...it was just more fun to spray lead with them...
My time in the Army was 1989-1995. It funny, a metic crap ton of my 556 brass just happens to be Lake City 91, and 92...funny how these things work out. The luxury of being in supply I suppose...plus an old school Sargent showing me the ropes (himself a big time reloader)...
But anyway...how I came into these 20mm ammo cans full of 556 brass is a forgotten mystery...but fast foward 30+ years...Its kinda handy having them around. Along the years...I've picked up some really weird brass too...headstamp CY 92, CY 93...which turns out is Norinco brass...which is actually not bad stuff.
I've also found in my sorting a bunch of LC 78, LC 85, LC 86, LC 88....
One thing I have noticed...the LC brass from the 80s and Early 90s is far superior to the stuff from 2000+. Its 2 grains heavier, the headstamps are nice and clear (the 2000s stuff kinda looks smeared)..and I've discovered that a good part of the 2000s stuff necks crack when resizing, but the older stuff doesn't.
Anyway...all this is just an observation that makes me feel old....sigh.......
My time in the Army was 1989-1995. It funny, a metic crap ton of my 556 brass just happens to be Lake City 91, and 92...funny how these things work out. The luxury of being in supply I suppose...plus an old school Sargent showing me the ropes (himself a big time reloader)...
But anyway...how I came into these 20mm ammo cans full of 556 brass is a forgotten mystery...but fast foward 30+ years...Its kinda handy having them around. Along the years...I've picked up some really weird brass too...headstamp CY 92, CY 93...which turns out is Norinco brass...which is actually not bad stuff.
I've also found in my sorting a bunch of LC 78, LC 85, LC 86, LC 88....
One thing I have noticed...the LC brass from the 80s and Early 90s is far superior to the stuff from 2000+. Its 2 grains heavier, the headstamps are nice and clear (the 2000s stuff kinda looks smeared)..and I've discovered that a good part of the 2000s stuff necks crack when resizing, but the older stuff doesn't.
Anyway...all this is just an observation that makes me feel old....sigh.......