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Marco Califo · June 20, 2012, 09:24 PM

Another advantage of LC (that is the headstamp of the Lake City, Independence, MO 64056‎ US Army ammunition manufacturing facility) is that the head stamp also includes the year of manufacture: LC 08 was made in 2008. This is an advantage because if you sort by year you are more likely to find very consistent properties, like exact same alloy, same manufacturing process, etc. That can give you more consistency than you can get with commercial brass, from one case to the next, that may have been made this year, or in 1968, you will never know. When you buy mil-surplus brass it usually comes in a narrow year range. I bought a thousand LC from GIBrass.com about 5 years ago, that includes 98, 99, 00 and a few strays.

June 20, 2012, 09:24 PM	#8
Marco Califo Senior Member Join Date: April 4, 2011 Location: LA (Greater Los Angeles Area) Posts: 2,598	Win and Rem - What Year? Another advantage of LC (that is the headstamp of the Lake City, Independence, MO 64056‎ US Army ammunition manufacturing facility) is that the head stamp also includes the year of manufacture: LC 08 was made in 2008. This is an advantage because if you sort by year you are more likely to find very consistent properties, like exact same alloy, same manufacturing process, etc. That can give you more consistency than you can get with commercial brass, from one case to the next, that may have been made this year, or in 1968, you will never know. When you buy mil-surplus brass it usually comes in a narrow year range. I bought a thousand LC from GIBrass.com about 5 years ago, that includes 98, 99, 00 and a few strays. __________________ ............