Barnes Ammo with IVI brass
- Thread starter diemaco
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Where did you get it and post a pic for further analysis.
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maple_leaf_eh
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They sell loaded ammo too. Evidently with remanufactured components. https://www.barnesbullets.com/product/vor-tx-rifle/
Actually Remington produced some cartridges with Barnes bullets under Remington's name, ie 223 (62 gr TSX) Hog Hammers.
Any of the Barnes Vor-Tx cartridges that I have, ...243, 6.5 Creedmoor, & 30-06, the head stamps indicate Barnes and no other brass manufacturer.
I'm curious as to where the OP purchased these from, sounds like reloads and not a product from Barnes, other than the bullet itself perhaps.
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^ I have thousands of rounds of Barnes headstamped ammunition bought in Remington packaging. It's Barnes marked brass with Remington powder, bullet and primer. I don't know what you are correcting but I am definitely not wrong. It was surplus from LE contracts from what little research I have done. That may be completely wrong.
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IVI brass was the Canadian Military brass made by Imperial - CIL and Sentec. Now General Dynamic make it but use Nato code not the IVI headstamp. Any IVI brass will be fired brass. DOD does not sell military brass to civilian except as to be scrapped as part of a condition of the purchase bid.
Loaded ammo was sold as surplus in the 70/80.
It heavy constructed brass with reduced case capacity, if you compare to Lake City brass.
I will be very weary of any ammo loaded with that brass ….i don’t see Barnes or any commercial ammo maker use that brass for it’s offering.
Loaded ammo was sold as surplus in the 70/80.
It heavy constructed brass with reduced case capacity, if you compare to Lake City brass.
I will be very weary of any ammo loaded with that brass ….i don’t see Barnes or any commercial ammo maker use that brass for it’s offering.
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- Location
- Western Manitoba
OP - looking at your pictures - the head-stamp says "223 Rem IVI" on what you show. At a local shooting place, I have been picking up fired IVI brass - presumably from RCMP that use the place (?) - is head-stamped "NATO plus-sign-in-circle", then "IVI", then two digits - is some here with "15", others with "16" - those primers appear to have purple sealant around a crimped in primer. I presume what we picked up is IVI made military NATO 5.56. Like others, I have a box of "Barnes VOR-TX" fired ammo here - all of the fired cases are head stamped "22-250 REM BARNES" - primers do not appear to have sealant, nor is there an apparent crimp - although I have not reloaded any to know that for certain.
SustainingGopher
CGN Regular
- Location
- An airport
Weird I’ve never seen IVI brass marked .223
Like potashminer said it’s usually just IVI and a two digit number indicating the year of manufacture plus the nato cross. The .300 blackout IVI brass has .300 BLK on the head stamp though. Barnes makes projectiles I think predominantly so they probably buy cases, primers and powder from other sources and looks like IVI supplied the cases.
Like potashminer said it’s usually just IVI and a two digit number indicating the year of manufacture plus the nato cross. The .300 blackout IVI brass has .300 BLK on the head stamp though. Barnes makes projectiles I think predominantly so they probably buy cases, primers and powder from other sources and looks like IVI supplied the cases.
General Dynamics will put almost anything you like on the headstamp. It's not NATO ammo so of course there is no cross. The standards for ammo allowed to feature that are pretty specific. Barnes likely needed a new company to work with since Remington was essentially out of the ammunition business until recently.
