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- From: Sproul@sproul.sproul.com (Mark Sproul)
- Newsgroups: rec.guns
- Subject: Re: 223 military brass - how long will it last?
- Message-ID: <D2150096.lrhas6@sproul.sproul.com>
- Date: 23 Dec 92 22:59:57 GMT
- Sender: magnum@mimsy.umd.edu
- Organization: Sproul Consulting
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- Approved: gun-control@cs.umd.edu
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- In article <BzMEI3.8pC@SSD.intel.com> (rec.guns), cower@SSD.intel.com (Rich Cower) writes:
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- # Does anyone have any idea of how many times this "once-fired military" 223
- # brass can be reloaded and cycled thru a semi-automatic rifle?
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- # Maybe I'll take some cases, powder, trimmer and press to the range some
- # day and find this out...
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- # thanks...rich cower
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- I have gotten VERY long life out of .223 brass. provided that you
- dont stretch it tooo much by pushing the shoulder way back every time.
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- I have gotten as much as 10 to 15 reloads out of .223 military brass.
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- Mark Sproul - KB2ICI - New Jersey
- sproul@sproul.com
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