Brass

Fox84 · October 13, 2014, 05:30 AM

I just bought some "once fired" 308 Lake City from a internet co. When swagering primer pockets I found 50% have already been done. Do all LC 09 and 10 headstamps have crimped pockets?

mxjunky78 · October 13, 2014, 06:46 AM

As far as I know, they do. Only exception would be the LR stuff in which case it would annotate that in the head stamp.

Xfire68 · October 13, 2014, 09:23 AM

Depending on who you bought the brass from and what their source was would likely answer the question of if it is all truly "Once fired" or just "Range" brass?

That said I having processed many many military true once fired surplus cases I can say that they don't all "require" swagging to take a new primer but, in the name of uniformity I think they should all get the same treatment.

skizzums · October 13, 2014, 09:33 AM

If the crimp has been removed, they have been reloaded already. No way.for the company to know how much range p/u has been shot. Don't worry about and just inspect the cases as you should

Fox84 · October 15, 2014, 05:20 AM

I contacted the brass company and they said they would replace brass. I said don't worry about it.

October 13, 2014, 05:30 AM	#1
Fox84 Senior Member Join Date: September 25, 2012 Location: Chester Va Posts: 360	Brass I just bought some "once fired" 308 Lake City from a internet co. When swagering primer pockets I found 50% have already been done. Do all LC 09 and 10 headstamps have crimped pockets?

October 13, 2014, 09:23 AM	#3
Xfire68 Senior Member Join Date: March 31, 2010 Location: Communist State of IL. Posts: 1,562	Depending on who you bought the brass from and what their source was would likely answer the question of if it is all truly "Once fired" or just "Range" brass? That said I having processed many many military true once fired surplus cases I can say that they don't all "require" swagging to take a new primer but, in the name of uniformity I think they should all get the same treatment. __________________ NRA Life Member, SAF Member

October 13, 2014, 09:33 AM	#4
skizzums Senior Member Join Date: July 1, 2013 Location: Douglasville, Ga Posts: 4,615	If the crimp has been removed, they have been reloaded already. No way.for the company to know how much range p/u has been shot. Don't worry about and just inspect the cases as you should __________________ My head is bloody, but unbowed

October 13, 2014, 06:46 AM	#2
mxjunky78 Member Join Date: August 2, 2012 Posts: 61	As far as I know, they do. Only exception would be the LR stuff in which case it would annotate that in the head stamp.

October 15, 2014, 05:20 AM	#5
Fox84 Senior Member Join Date: September 25, 2012 Location: Chester Va Posts: 360	I contacted the brass company and they said they would replace brass. I said don't worry about it.