.223 case length

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Just have a question on case length. I cleaned up a bunch of brass, deprimed and resized. Measured up the cases and trimmed to 1.750 but I have lots of cases that measure shorter anywhere from 1.735 to 1.745 are these cases ok to load also? Is there a minimum length? I think allot of cases were American eagle AR .223 that I had bought. I will be using these in my AR.
 
Gunsforfun said:
Just have a question on case length. I cleaned up a bunch of brass, deprimed and resized. Measured up the cases and trimmed to 1.750 but I have lots of cases that measure shorter anywhere from 1.735 to 1.745 are these cases ok to load also? Is there a minimum length? I think allot of cases were American eagle AR .223 that I had bought. I will be using these in my AR.
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The range for 223 is 1.730-1.760
Follow the reloading manual for trim length .
Cheers
 
Gunsforfun said:
Just have a question on case length. I cleaned up a bunch of brass, deprimed and resized. Measured up the cases and trimmed to 1.750 but I have lots of cases that measure shorter anywhere from 1.735 to 1.745 are these cases ok to load also? Is there a minimum length? I think allot of cases were American eagle AR .223 that I had bought. I will be using these in my AR.
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They will be fine assuming you have enough of the case neck engaging the bearing surface of the bullets you are using and you are not expecting match quality performance from your ammunition. It will obviously create issues if you normally crimp the necks of your rounds and may throw neck tension and velocities off a bit, but again it really depends on what you are trying to accomplish with your ammo (general plinking, practic, match ammo).
 
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