Crimped primers
In January at the Indy 1500 gun show I purchased from a vendor a bag of .223 brass. I did not notice or ask at the time but when I got home I found out that about 20% of the brass was military and therefore the primers were crimped. I would prefer no military brass so that I don't have the extra step of removing the crimp from the primer pocket after removing the primer.
1) Do any reloading suppliers sell commercial only brass or is it always going to be a mix of commercial and military?
2) A head stamp with a cross inside a circle means the brass is military (NATO). Does ALL military brass have this symbol?
3) I heard for semiautomatic or full automatic rifles to use primers that are Mil Spec because they are safer to use with these rifles since they are a little harder than non Mil Spec primers.
In January at the Indy 1500 gun show I purchased from a vendor a bag of .223 brass. I did not notice or ask at the time but when I got home I found out that about 20% of the brass was military and therefore the primers were crimped. I would prefer no military brass so that I don't have the extra step of removing the crimp from the primer pocket after removing the primer.
1) Do any reloading suppliers sell commercial only brass or is it always going to be a mix of commercial and military?
2) A head stamp with a cross inside a circle means the brass is military (NATO). Does ALL military brass have this symbol?
3) I heard for semiautomatic or full automatic rifles to use primers that are Mil Spec because they are safer to use with these rifles since they are a little harder than non Mil Spec primers.
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