Reloading 308 Military Brass

[wingspar]

Nothing really to add to this thread, but since I’m very new to reloading, and have been reloading .308 Lake City brass. Less than 100 rounds loaded, so that’s how new I am to reloading. Using IMR 4895, but have not settled on a load yet, but currently trying 40.0, 40.5 and 41.0 grains with a 168 grain A-Max bullet. This thread looked like something I might learn from, so I took the photo below.

On the left is Lake City brass, which is all I’ve reloaded so far, and on the right is some 7.62x51 brass that I got from some Freedom Munitions Remanufactured Ammo. I have no clue who makes this brass, or if I want to use it. Anyone familiar with this brass?

http://www.pbase.com/wingspar/image/160708835/original.jpg

[bigcheese920]

Well I guess this brass doesn't like 178gr bullets. Best group I got was 1MOA. So I also put some 168gr bullets and I got a .5in 4 shot group with 44.5gr. Wingspar that might be Top Brass. I could be wrong.

[shagerott]

Brass on the right looks like Bulgarian or Bosnian 7.62x39 headstamp that I have seen around. IDK if they also make 7.62x51.

[eddiesindian]

It is good brass. Just have to work on load development.

[wingspar]

Brass on the right looks like Bulgarian or Bosnian 7.62x39 headstamp that I have seen around. IDK if they also make 7.62x51.

Identifying some brass is just impossible. Both of these came from Freedom Munitions remanufactured ammo. They use a lot of Lake City brass, and that is what I’m using to reload, but I have no idea about the case on the right in the photo, and it makes me hesitant to use it. I’ve got a bunch of .308 brass I can not ID at all, so I use it when I want to try something I haven’t tried before, then toss it.

[earl39]

For all intents and purposes in this thread the 7.62x51 is 308 brass as is the lake city that is shown.

[JCalhoun]

Gary,

NATO brass is stamped with the cross-in-circle as on the left. The other stuff might be Brazilian, Indian or Pakistani. One of the numbers usually denotes the year of manufacture and the other is the factory.


The AR-10's are sometimes hard on brass. Done be surprised if you have to toss some of them. Look at the rims and necks.

On a side note, if you come across LC MATCH brass it does not use crimped primers.

[earl39]

On a side note, if you come across LC MATCH brass it does not use crimped primers.

Nor does LC LR. That's lake city long range which replaced match.