Range brass

[jtech]

I was at the range today and found about 20 pieces of brass marked 5.56 x 45 ppu 07. Can any one identify it and is it re loadable?
Thanks in advance.

[OR-E-Gun Bill]

Prvi Partizan - Company Name
Yugoslavia - Country of Origin
07 = manufacture date

[sk330lc]

I second that and yes.   it's not bad brass to reload.

[jtech]

Thanks I'll get after it.

[jtech]

I was doing some reloading today and decided to de prime and size this brass at the same time. I was using a Lee carbide full length sizing die and the first piece came real tight early (didn't stick it, but I think it would have, been there done that). Is there a difference in die's for 5.56 and .223 or do I need to look elsewhere. I did'nt try a second piece

[helotaxi]

Probably came from an AR with a fairly loose chamber and the brass swelled a good bit when it was fired.  I've noticed the same thing with range .223 that I've come across.  I know mine came from an AR cause I watched the guy pull it out of the box and load it and fire it in his AR.

[Savage]

You've got a full length CARBIDE sizing die for .223??
Savage

[jtech]

Hard to believe I can type faster than I think! The die I was using is a lee collet die that requires no lube like a carbide die.

[helotaxi]

If it was a collet die then it shouldn't touch the walls of the case at all, it only sizes the neck.  There should be no resistance other than the decapping pin pushing out the primer until the shellholder bottoms out on the forcing rim on the die.

[Lloyd Smale]

stand your cases up and spray some horndy one shot in the necks. One thing you may find though is range brass is shot in a wide variety of guns and some have big chambers the first time you load it its pretty much imparitive that you full lenght size them. After shooting them in your gun (if its a bolt) you can probably get by with your collet die. If your using them in a ar or mini 14 you should full lenght size them every time. As a matter of fact i go one step further i use a small base die. In a battle rifle reliability is the most imprortant thing and i want them to chamber every time.

[Savage]

stand your cases up and spray some horndy one shot in the necks. One thing you may find though is range brass is shot in a wide variety of guns and some have big chambers the first time you load it its pretty much imparitive that you full lenght size them. After shooting them in your gun (if its a bolt) you can probably get by with your collet die. If your using them in a ar or mini 14 you should full lenght size them every time. As a matter of fact i go one step further i use a small base die. In a battle rifle reliability is the most imprortant thing and i want them to chamber every time.

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