Lake City (223?) brass

[wolfeyes]

Is all LC brass military?If so is it 223 or 556? thanks..............jh

[jhalcott]

Lake city is military brass! What IS the difference in .223 and 556? one pass thru your dies and it's all the same.Just remember to keep an eye out for pressure signs when reloading ANY brass. I have weighed a lot of both military and civilian .223 brass. There is a wide range of weights for each lot number and brand. I suggest you get a big batch and sort it by weight, then work up your load.

[bilmac]

Most military brass has crimped primers. If you do a good job of removing the crimp then there is no real difference.

[Badnews Bob]

All milatary brass has a smaller internal capacity,( the brass is thicker) So pressures will be higher with the same load. The chamber on Mil rifles is also slightly diffrent but not enuff to make any diff. like mentioned before once fired and resized no diff.  Just pay attention to your reloads and it works fine.

BTW All LC is 5.56 not .223

[Old Syko]

All milatary brass has a smaller internal capacity,( the brass is thicker) So pressures will be higher with the same load. The chamber on Mil rifles is also slightly diffrent but not enuff to make any diff. like mentioned before once fired and resized no diff.  Just pay attention to your reloads and it works fine.

BTW All LC is 5.56 not .223

This is an old wives tale that just doesn't seem to want to die.  Please read the linked thread for clarification.  Pay particular attention to post#8 by LaOtto22.  http://www.gboreloaded.com/forums/index.php/topic,153280.0.html

BTW; 5.56 and .223 are the same basic brass with the 5.56 designation being acceptable to a higher pressure spec than the domestic .223.  Even that doesn't mean 5.56 brass has to be thicker.  The only real difference is in how the chambers are throated. 

[Graybeard]

I've used LC92 extensively and LC88 to a bit lesser degree. I love using both and as far as I can tell there seems little to no difference in the two. Both do require me to use approximately one grain less than WW and RP brass as they really do have a bit less capacity but I sure would not say that applies across to board to all military brass as I've not tried all.

A powder charge that fits into the WW or RP brass I have spills out of both the LC88 and LC92 brass. With some loads the difference is only one half grain and with others it's a full grain less to get equal velocity.