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hunter52 · April 9, 2013, 04:06 PM

Just an add on here, I recently bought 1200+ rounds of .223 /5.56 from a friend of my oldest son for $400, 700+ are new FED or LC 55 gr., the rest are 62 gr FMJ reloads.
I pulled every one of the bullets, dumped the powder on the scale (748) and weighed the charge, put the powder in an empty can punched the primers out, resized the brass with SB dies, then reloaded the whole mess. Crazy? Maybe, but I did not waste anything and I now have no doubts as to what is in each one.

April 9, 2013, 04:06 PM	#10
hunter52 Senior Member Join Date: January 27, 2011 Location: Colorado Posts: 101	Just an add on here, I recently bought 1200+ rounds of .223 /5.56 from a friend of my oldest son for $400, 700+ are new FED or LC 55 gr., the rest are 62 gr FMJ reloads. I pulled every one of the bullets, dumped the powder on the scale (748) and weighed the charge, put the powder in an empty can punched the primers out, resized the brass with SB dies, then reloaded the whole mess. Crazy? Maybe, but I did not waste anything and I now have no doubts as to what is in each one.