XM193 - 20 Round boxes - mixed headstamps?

[dmftoy1]

I just purchased a case of Federal XM193 from natchezss.com and went to shoot some of it. I don't usually pay attention to the headstamps on my brass until I'm setting up to reload but this time I noticed that within a single 20 round box there was a mixture of LC 01, LC 02 & LC04. I thought at first that I was imagining it so I checked the other 4 boxes that I had brought with me and they were the same. Is this normal for XM193? I've shot a bunch of it and always thought the headstamps were identical when it was in the 20 round boxes but now I'm wondering if I just didn't pay enough attention.

Have a good one,
Dave

 

[PUPP86]

I am on my 6th 500rd case and have noticed the same thing. Some where purchased from the same company, others were not. From what I have read on other forums, this is normal. I have never had a problem with any of the LC I have used. As long as the case is in good shape you should be good to go!

 

[buttrap]

it may be that the stuff is demill and reloaded stuff..they have to sell it off as componets and then reload the stuff. its a Clinton thing.

 

[dmftoy1]

ok, now I know I'm not losing my mind!

I broke open my other "stash" (It's 840 rounds . . enough to fill an ammo can) from the first "case" I bought and it's all LC 04, so I suspect that they must be reusing components or ?? I wonder how they reprime military primer pockets. (maybe they don't have to?) Just from a curiousity standpoint.

All of it appears to go "boom" when I pull the trigger and I suspect that the nasty groups I'm seeing are user error and not ammo related.

Have a good one,
Dave

 

[stevelyn]

I wonder how they reprime the military primer pockets (maybe they don't have to)?

They demilling thing is for the powder only. For some reason .gov can't sell off surplus ammo without recovering the powder. Which seems pretty stupid to me. I don't know about now, but Hodgdon H335 was the military standard powder for the 5.56 NATO round for a long time.

 

[TexasRifleman]

Right, they are not "reloaded" components, just re-used.

In most cases it's not even taken apart. It's extra brass that was laying around, or a batch of bullets with some cosmetic problem, etc.

Most of it is not manufactured, then taken apart and re-used, it's only been loaded once, just with leftover parts.

Klinton signed an EO saying any ammo manufacturer with a government contract could not sell surplus to civilians.
There is no such thing as "XM193" in a government contract, so it's not really surplus ammo now is it