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Posted: 1/14/2009 3:18:00 PM EDT

I searched with no luck.

headstamp "IK 03 5.56X45"

a friend gave them to me and i was going to deprime them and when the pin hit, i knew something was wrong. i looked with a light and the flash hole looks tiny.

-Tim

Posted: 1/14/2009 3:36:29 PM EDT

[#1]

Google magic brought this up: http://www.afte.org/ExamResources/gallery2/v/Headstamp-Gallery/Letters_001/I/556IKCtgHdstmp.jpg.html

Posted: 1/14/2009 3:38:11 PM EDT

[#2]

IGMAN,,,, what I have seen and the couple boxes I still have is SS-109 with black paint on the bullet.. about 4-5yr ago when it came to USA market, it was hot topic here with people thinking it might be illegal, as it had a black tip like M-995 ammo.

Posted: 1/14/2009 3:41:07 PM EDT

[#3]

thanks for the info, i tried google but my google-fu is weak sauce tonight.

have you reloaded any? was it hard to push the primers out? i just dont want to break a pin

Posted: 1/14/2009 5:34:57 PM EDT

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Quoted:
thanks for the info, i tried google but my google-fu is weak sauce tonight.

have you reloaded any? was it hard to push the primers out? i just dont want to break a pin

I had some IK 07 that had the very small flashholes.

Get a Lee universal decrimper die.

Will remove the primer and swage the flashole larger.

A tip, lube the decapping pin every 3-4 cases.

This will keep the decapping pin from pulling out of the decapping stem.

Found this out the hard way.

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