October 13, 2013, 12:40 PM | #26 |
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Well I just got done replacing the third deprimer for 223 . All GFL brass,then I noticed that the flash hole wasn't centered. One was square,1015 were VERY close to the edge and 40-50 were off enough that I wont try to reload them. Guess if your just shooting them and not reloading they aren't bad but as far as reloading I'll be looking out for them!
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September 22, 2017, 03:53 PM | #27 |
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impressed
I've been reloading some fiocchi a friend gave me, every 4 reloads I've been annealing it and I'm in 9th reload of this stuff. It seems to be excellent brass, I even bought 500 rounds of 308 fiocchi in 150gr bullets dirt cheap just so I could have the brass.
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September 22, 2017, 07:29 PM | #28 | |
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It's kind of a 223 of one, 556 of another sort of thing. |
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September 23, 2017, 01:24 AM | #29 |
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Well, it's an old thread...maybe Fiocchi got their act together.
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September 23, 2017, 04:58 AM | #30 |
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Zombie thread! FWIW, I have Fiocchi 7.62x39mm brass and they have the same extremely tight primer pockets.
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September 23, 2017, 08:09 AM | #31 | |
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well as far as .223 they don't seem to have gotten any better since this thread was made. I bought a tub of 240 loaded .223 a few months back to break in a new AR that I had put together. It had some minor leakage issues on the gas block and I was looking for a easy fix. A friend recommended I shoot some Fiocchi through it because Fiocchi is known to be a dirty shooter and would help seal the gas block. It worked like a champ and within 50 rounds the gun was cycling perfectly. I reloaded it this week after burning through my AR stash but I doubt I will push it through more than 2 or 3 reloadings. I will be keeping a close eye on the primer pockets and the flash holes are all over the place. It's works as spray and pray fodder but I would not buy any unfired new brass made by them, nor would I dig around in the weeds to find any of the fired stuff
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September 25, 2017, 10:59 AM | #32 |
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Yes. Very good brass. I have some .38 Specials that have probably close to 30 loadings on them.
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