Posted: 3/25/2009 12:58:56 PM EDT
| Very possibly a stupid question for the Group Mind: Commercial reloads using LC 5.56mm brass––5.56mm or .223 Remington? |
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It could be either, depending on what company it is, and honestly what it says on the box. All the HSM and Bitterroot Valley stuff I've seen is .223.
You know, .223/5.56, the difference is how long it's loaded, bullet-wise. Most of the stuff I've seen is .223. Obviously if your rifle is chambered in 5.56, it'll take either. 
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Quoted: Very possibly a stupid question for the Group Mind: Commercial reloads using LC 5.56mm brass––5.56mm or .223 Remington? I run all of my AR's and variants with 5.56 chambers, so I'm not concerned with .223 cartridge dimensions, but as far as reloads go *I Prefer* to see .mil brass, then again, if it's HSM or one of the other large notable reloaders, I'm comfortable with .223 commercial stuff. I've had bad times with S&B brass, and Fed American Eagle stuff. I've read other failures of Commercial brass that makes me wary, and if I'm going to trust a reload, it need to come from my bench or a major source that'll accept responsibility for a damaged weapon. |
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Soooo your accepting responsibility if I shoot those 30-06s you gave me in my O3A3??Quoted:
Very possibly a stupid question for the Group Mind: Commercial reloads using LC 5.56mm brass––5.56mm or .223 Remington? I run all of my AR's and variants with 5.56 chambers, so I'm not concerned with .223 cartridge dimensions, but as far as reloads go *I Prefer* to see .mil brass, then again, if it's HSM or one of the other large notable reloaders, I'm comfortable with .223 commercial stuff. I've had bad times with S&B brass, and Fed American Eagle stuff. I've read other failures of Commercial brass that makes me wary, and if I'm going to trust a reload, it need to come from my bench or a major source that'll accept responsibility for a damaged weapon.  ............................................
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Quoted: Quoted: Soooo your accepting responsibility if I shoot those 30-06s you gave me in my O3A3?? ............................................I would think those are 06 reloads you found somewhere  No, those are Lake City Factory rounds. File your greivances with the Fed. |
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It could be either, depending on what company it is, and honestly what it says on the box. All the HSM and Bitterroot Valley stuff I've seen is .223. You know, .223/5.56, the difference is how long it's loaded, bullet-wise. Most of the stuff I've seen is .223. Obviously if your rifle is chambered in 5.56, it'll take either. And after I posted that and ran out to the beer tasting at 99 Bottles I realized the answer would be, depends on how long it was loaded, and maybe what it was fired in most recently. I'm not even sure it's all .mil brass... |
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Quoted: Not the ones in the sealed factory can.........ole-timers must be getting ya, or alcohol deprivation.... Alcohol Dep? maybe it's time to get resourceful again.   IIRC, That-06 is SP? The stuff that was int he Jockey box of my truck, in a ziploc? It's loaded to M2 Ball standards, the bullet has the same CoEfficient of drag, very good bolt gun round, works good in my Sported 03A3' |
HA! Yes sir.