Anyone know if three equiangular dots on the FC 223 Rem brass indicates crimped?
Yes the multi dotted FC .223 are crimped. All of the Federal .223 that I have seen, dots or not, since at least 2007 are crimped. Most of the Winchester except some of the hunting loads are crimped. I have not seen any Remington or Hornady that was crimped.
Michael
out typed by swifty
Most of the Hornady that I have been picking up are crimped.
That sucks. I was at the range yesterday and saw a pile of LC brass. I mean it was all over the place. I left it laying there. Its not worth my time or effort. Strange how the FC brass I picked up a few years ago didn't have crimped primers? I picked up a chidt load of PMC at the same time. All factory loaded stuff, none of it was crimped. I'm still loading that stuff. The primer pockets on the FC were tight, but not crimped. Didn't have to use a swaging tool and have long since cleaned all of it and primed it. Shoots great for free brass... I did run across some winchester brass that was crimped the other day and also found some nice Norma brass that I was excited to find, but when I got it home and broke a decapping pin, it too went into the scrap bin. Wondering why companies have to crimp the primer pockets on their 223 brass now?
