223 brass weights

[DaveGP]

Processed a thousand rounds of once-fired 223 brass - resized and trimmed and thought I'd weigh a few .. results were repeatable with this bunch anyhow. The weights are per each, in grains.
Headstamp 'FA 04' - crimped primers - 91.5gr
Headstamp 'FC 223 REM' - 95.9gr
Headstamp 'Winchester 223 REM' - 94.2gr
Headstamp 'BHA 223 MATCH' - 93.5gr

The Winchester wasn't as lightweight as I thought - but the BHA and FA headstamps I'm not familiar with.....

 

[beltfed]

I believe BHA is Black Hills and FA is Federal.
There isn't alot of brass in 5 or so grains....try case capacity.

 

[Canuck223]

Hmm, that might explain why i had so many repeat customers when i used to sell sized and primer pocket swaged once fired brass. I packaged it by weight and 14# was 1000 rounds. That works out to 98gr/ case

 

[DaveGP]

I believe BHA is Black Hills and FA is Federal.
There isn't alot of brass in 5 or so grains....try case capacity.

I'm quite familiar with case capacity - brass thickness/capacity also has a weight correlation - I threw batches of 5 cases together to come up with the weight differences, for interest....I didn't have enough R-P brass kicking around to include in the results.

 

[DaveGP]

I believe BHA is Black Hills and FA is Federal.
There isn't alot of brass in 5 or so grains....try case capacity.

Isn't FC Federal also? I gotta look up a headstamp web page...

Found something...
FA is Frankfort Arsenal
BHA is Black Hills Ammunition
FC is Federal Cartridge

 

[slushee]

if you find a headstamp webpage, you should definatly post it!!!

 

[beltfed]

Isn't FC Federal also? I gotta look up a headstamp web page...

Found something...
FA is Frankfort Arsenal
BHA is Black Hills Ammunition
FC is Federal Cartridge

Good to know, I wasn't aware Frankfort Arsenal made brass.
I was under the impression Frankfort Arsenal was owned by Midway, and Midway doesn't carry it?

I'm quite familiar with case capacity - brass thickness/capacity also has a weight correlation

No offence intended. I was only pointing out that a difference of 2 or 3 grains in weight doesn't necessarily translate to equal percentages of capacity difference.

 

[Silverback]

if you find a headstamp webpage, you should definatly post it!!!

Here you go, it doesn't get much better than this one: http://cartridgecollectors.org/headstampcodes.htm

 

[Silverback]

Good to know, I wasn't aware Frankfort Arsenal made brass.
I was under the impression Frankfort Arsenal was owned by Midway, and Midway doesn't carry it?

Frankford Arsenal has been making ammunition since 1816 and it closed in 1977. The Midway Frankford Arsenal is a new company using the same name.

Activated in May, 1816, the Arsenal covered at that time some 20 acres on Frankford Creek near its junction with the Delaware River, sufficiently far from the more densely populated sections of the city to be safe for the storing of gunpowder. Within the tract, domestic quarters and warehouse buildings were erected around an open space, which was kept largely undeveloped over the entire life of the complex, and was used as a parade ground. While initially the primary role of the Arsenal had been to serve as a storage depot and repair shop of military weapons and ammunition, by the early 1840s it had assumed a more prominent role in munitions development, starting with the testing and proofing of various weapons and gunpowder.

In the first years of the twentieth century, and through World War I, Frankford Arsenal produced mainly small arms ammunition—a new cartridge factory facility was installed in the old Rolling Mill. In 1940, Frankford Arsenal was the only producer of military ammunition in the United States.

 

[beltfed]

Frankford Arsenal has been making ammunition since 1816 and it closed in 1977. The Midway Frankford Arsenal is a new company using the same name.

Thanks, that's making sense now.
I never actually considered the original government arsenal, as I thought it closed much earlier than that.