Please dispose of the FC stamped cases. This brass is over 15 years old
and should not be used. The FEDERAL stamped cases are good to use.
So does this mean 40S&W Federal ammunitions with "FC" on the headstamp that are 15 years old are bad???
I didn't know brass got bad because it's 15 years old. What about when new "FEDERAL" headstamp cases get 15 years old? Will they be bad too?
I think this might be Federal's legal response like Glock's "Don't shoot reloads in Glocks" - If Federal identified their 40S&W cases to be too thin, perhaps a general press release and recall might be a better option than an individual email response like this.
I think I still got some 40S&W HydraShok ammunition somewhere in my old ammo boxes - I will go check for "Best used by" date.
I KNOW my Remington Golden Saber and Winchester "Copper Talon" did not come with any expiration dates.
I certainly have quite a bit of brass that's over 15 years old and some even older (I got some 5 gallon buckets of brass I haven't touched in 10 years after they were polished). I plan to continue reloading them, but now I gotta sort out "FC" cases to my case processing steps??? - please give me a break, even for this OCD reloader.
Guess I'm good to go as long as i throw out my FC 40 s&w brass
Don't throw those FC cases out.
Forward them to THR members short on brass who promise to not overcharge the cases and only shoot them in fully supported barrels.
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