I had a shoot for the first time in a month or more and it improved my attitude quite a lot. Both my rifles and I were "on" at the same time for a nice change.

Even better, someone before me had indulged in a rattle battle and policed their brass nicely, so there were 97 cases of the same headstamp in the bucket all by themselves. USA 223 headstamp, not mangled at all. I decided to recycle them, at least once, make a batch for my Bushmaster AR.

So, I'm tumbling them now, will weigh a sample for weight variance, then maybe give them a prep. Dummy me, I didn't look in the paper trash for any empty boxes. Anyone here used or shot or reloaded USA headstamp 223 cases and had any issues, like rim tearoffs or other nasties? Is it "really" Winchester as I suspect?

Thanks in advance for thine wisdom. Yr hmble svt, Dave Skinner


Up hills slow,
Down hills fast
Tonnage first and
Safety last.