October 26, 2010, 10:17 AM | #1 |
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Cylinder brass
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Does anyone have a source for cylinder brass for the .223 / 5.56? Thanks, Gos |
October 26, 2010, 10:45 AM | #2 |
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Not exactly sure what you mean by "cylinder brass."
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I think he's looking for un-necked brass. Remington made it in .30-06 for a time, so wildcatters had something to work with. I've not seen it offered with a .223-size head, but then I haven't been looking.
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Greetings Gos, and welcome aboard
Like Mike, I don't have a clue what you mean by "cylinder brass." What exactly are you looking for: new, once-fired, or ratty old range brass? GI or commercial? Processed and primed or not... ? Thanks Unclenick: That sounds reasonable -- we typically don't get questions like that from first time posters. |
October 26, 2010, 11:52 AM | #5 |
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Full length, no taper, no shoulder cartridge brass based on the .223 head. It's used for making wildcat rounds based on the .223. I've found it for the 30/06 but nothing for the 223 or 5.56.
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Gos,
Have you asked any of the smaller brass makers about custom brass. It seems they could just pull some brass out early during of shaping process. Of course, things are never as simple as they seem. They would probably want you to purchase some huge minimum order. |
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Ah! Of course.
Sorry, but no, I don't know of any suppliers.
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Try Quality Cartridge don't know how much it will cost you but QC does make small runs of specialty brass. Probably have to order at least 500 to have them do it.
They made some properly headstamped for a guy I know who built a .338-223. It headspaces off of the case mouth. Pretty much duplicates a .30-30, as it launches 165 and 180 grain bullets with pretty much the same trajectory and velocity as the 150 and 170 grain .308's. Pretty cool rifle as it was suppressed as well. |
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I've not found one so far....
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One would think there would be a market for cylinder brass with all the wildcats out there...
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I think the lack of a manufacturer of 5.56/.223 brass is due to the super-abundance of once-fired and new brass on the market. What does it matter if case life is only 4 firings, if the case is worth more as scrap than what you paid for it? Add the fact that many wildcatters just use .222 Rem Mag brass... and there's not much demand for the cylinder variety.
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Chuck Hawks list R-P cylinder brass (straight wall cases) with 35 Whelen head stamps, the cases are 2.650 long and are perfect for forming cases, too late for me I have all the cases I will ever need.
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Sounds like a great concept with a very small potential market, guess that makes it a marginal concept. BPCR folks have straight cases called "basic" to build cases from so it seems a straight case for a 5.56 cartridge head (and others) just makes sense for wildcatters. JMHO, of course.
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TXGUNNut, I never understood why new unprimed brass available for reloaders was sized to minimum length, I want a choice as to where to set the shoulder, in my opinion the 280 Remington case is the best case available, new and or once fired because of the .051 thousands forward shoulder , moving a shoulder back is sizing, moving the shoulder forward is a matter of firing the case in the chamber, I form first then fire.
As to the wildcat and the R-P cylinder brass, I form 280 Remington cases to 30/06 for one rifle that has .016 thousands head space, had I used cylinder brass it would have been a matter of using a forming die or full length sizer die to form the cases by creating a .014 thousands gap between the top of the shell holder and bottom of the die. Again, R-P cylinder brass cost $37.00 per 20 +/- a few. From another forum: fguffey Member Join Date: August 28, 2008 Posts: 540 Megs, manufactures of brass do mot make brass that does not fit the chamber, everything they make is sized to minimum dimensions, the target market is too small, with an exception, R-P makes cases called cylinder brass, a 30/06 type case with a straight wall that is 2.650 thousands long stamped 35 Whelen for about $35.00 for 20. Forming first then fire never caught on, for most it is easier to size first then fire to form. F. Guffey |
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I see your point, F. Guffey. I guess it goes along with the way they manufacture ammo. If they make them small, it fits them all. Very few shooters and even a minority of reloaders understand and work with headspace dimensions as well as you do. I'm fortunate that both of the 30-06's I'm hunting with are very close to minimum dimensions.
That cylinder brass is pretty pricey but can imagine that with the short production runs they actually don't make much on them. I don't guess any of the small brass mfrs are around any more, they may be able to do it and be profitable doing so.
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You could try GRAF
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Just checking back in case someone found a source for cylinder brass in .223.
Thanks, Gos. |
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You could try calling Starline in MO - they actually make brass and might be able to accommodate you
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Struck out on Starline too. They are big in the pistol case area, but not so much rifle...
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Have you gotten a quote from Quality Cartridge? They'll run nearly anything you can think of.
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Tried, but never returned my email...
I need to call them when I can match their business hours. Thanks for everyone who had a suggestion. Gos |
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Make your own. Anneal 223 brass, run it through a 7mm expander, 8mm expander, and finally 9mm expander and you should be set.
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