cheap lake city 308 brass at midway

[someguy2800]

Got this in an email today. Cheapest I have ever seen 308 brass. Midway's shipping costs stink but if you have enough other stuff to order its a pretty solid deal.

https://www.midwayusa.com/product/361014/lake-city-once-fired-brass-762x51mm-nato-grade-3

 

[JO JO]

Seems like a good price but it says grade 3 so they maybe a bit beat up?

 

[Axis II]

brassbombers.com. or for midway search free shipping and ad something cheap like scissors and it makes it free.

 

[Load Master]

The biggest issue with this type of brass is what the "Once Fired" gun was. In a lot of cases this is from military and from full auto guns. The issue with this, the chamber of these guns are larger than the norm and resizing at best is difficult. Life of the brass is much less compared to other once fired brass. I've been there done this, never again.

 

[RPRNY]

The biggest issue with this type of brass is what the "Once Fired" gun was. In a lot of cases this is from military and from full auto guns. The issue with this, the chamber of these guns are larger than the norm and resizing at best is difficult. Life of the brass is much less compared to other once fired brass. I've been there done this, never again.

You make a good point. I get dirt cheap "once fired" military 7.62x51 brass from a source...and you get what you pay for: filthy machine gun fired brass. Since mine is going into a PTR91, and I expect no more than two loadings from it, that's okay with me. Takes a good deal of cleaning, primer pocket swaging, and a bit of a trim, but I have not found FL resizing particularly difficult. It'll reload twice, after which the brass is so beat up from the chamber fluting, extraction, and bouncing off the ejection deflector into the brass catcher that it goes to the recycler. If one were interested in purchasing this brass for use in 308 Win rifle loads, I would advise against it. I can't speak to the condition of the Midway brass in question of course.

 

[tcoz]

Two of the four reviewers complained about difficulty in resizing it so its no doubt machine gun fired. Its definitely cheap but not worth the hassle and decreased lifespan to me.

 

[627PCFan]

I see us PTR guys love us some lc mg brass. Load, fire and since it lands in another zip code don't worry about reloading it