Thank you for posting the better pictures. Looks to me like surplus flattened ball powder of some type, now only good for starting campfires or lawn fertilizer. I think enough has been said about what to do with the rest, but this rule is what I go by: "Never use reloaded ammunition not assembled by you, either commercial or home-brew, and always verify the source and quality of any factory new ammunition before using it in your own firearm. Use only that ammunition specifically designed for the particular firearm".
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MachIVshooter
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Powder looks like WC844 to me, which would be a correct powder for 5.56mm. But with what you've had happen, I wouldn't use any more of those rounds.
robertham1
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Of course I would never use it again. Thanks for the concerns fellas
To be fair I did not realize they were reloads at the time of purchase (free actually)
I'll try to remember and get some OAL of them tonight.
To be fair I did not realize they were reloads at the time of purchase (free actually)
I'll try to remember and get some OAL of them tonight.
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the local police are the last people I would bring into the equation....
pull the bullets, dump the powder in the garden and either give the components to a buddy who reloads, or reload them yourself with a modes charge of H335
pull the bullets, dump the powder in the garden and either give the components to a buddy who reloads, or reload them yourself with a modes charge of H335
Those things are obviously total junk even if they hadn't ruptured the cases, likely intentionally created to cause damage. Lake City brass with commercial non-crimped primers and the ridiculous labeling on box of milspec .223s tells me it was intended to mislead but the perp was too stupid to do it right. I believe a crime has been committed here.
627PCFan
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Look at the shoulder on picture #1, post 4. Someone didnt set their dies correctly and pushed it back to far. I see a rimple.
ny32182
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All my LC brass has commercial non-crimped primers, but I don't think I commited a crime in loading them that way. 
If you want to cause damage, cause damage. Fill that puppy up with Titegroup.
Someone sold some bad reloads. Sure wasn't the first time, and won't be the last.
If you want to cause damage, cause damage. Fill that puppy up with Titegroup.
Someone sold some bad reloads. Sure wasn't the first time, and won't be the last.
Yes, as you say it can be just a crummy reloading job. But where it turns from that to intentional misconduct is the obvious and stoopid attempt to represent these as military ammo. Not saying what the intention was, may have been harm or might have been to help sell them. Either way I'm pretty sure it's a crime.All my LC brass has commercial non-crimped primers, but I don't think I commited a crime in loading them that way.
If you want to cause damage, cause damage. Fill that puppy up with Titegroup.
Someone sold some bad reloads. Sure wasn't the first time, and won't be the last.
I load LC 10s with silver small rifle primers... that's not a bad thing... the bad thing is my shooting.
Hypnogator
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I'd try pulling some bullets and inspecting the brass. If it looks OK, try loading it with a mild load of your favorite powder, see if that works without brass damage. If so, your money isn't a total waste.
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