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For those that have actually tried it, how does the new Federal American Eagle AR 223 (Varmint Tipped 50gr in the black box) perform for reloading? I have tried reloading AE in the past (in the red box) and the primers were loose on the first loading. The cases in question look like this and I have reason to believe this brass may be made at the LC plant: ![[Linked Image]](http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd22/2k05gt/Firearms/Ammo/FC223REM3-DOT_zpsfa83189d.jpg)
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I have had no problems with any of the recent manufacture F-C .223 Rem cases that have crimped-primers and the dots in the headstamp.
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It is not made to the same spec as LC brass. It's very soft, and I've experienced expanded primer pockets of multiple lots after the just the first firing.
It's junk, and I now leave it lay on the range.
You didn't use logic or reason to get into this opinion, I cannot use logic or reason to get you out of it.
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It is not made to the same spec as LC brass. It's very soft, and I've experienced expanded primer pockets of multiple lots after the just the first firing.
It's junk, and I now leave it lay on the range. Is the brass you're talking about the same as the brass in the picture above?
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I have a bunch of them that picked up at my local shooing area but have not reloaded them, did have issues with once fired WCC 13 brass, very loose primer pockets
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It is not made to the same spec as LC brass. It's very soft, and I've experienced expanded primer pockets of multiple lots after the just the first firing.
It's junk, and I now leave it lay on the range. Is the brass you're talking about the same as the brass in the picture above? Yes. Just like it.
You didn't use logic or reason to get into this opinion, I cannot use logic or reason to get you out of it.
You cannot over estimate the unimportance of nearly everything. John Maxwell
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No problems at all. I pick up thousands of once fired AE brass at the range and load it for plinking and spraying lead. I reload Hornady Brass for precision shooting out of my Colt. I'm on the third firing with some of the AE brass. With 25 grns of Benchmark behind a 55 gr Hornady fmjbt.
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