I was scroling down surplus items on GCSurplus web site and found some once fired brass for sale. Looking at the pictures it is 223 rem(or 5.56 ). Not too much, just under 7300 kilogram. My budget tight so I do not bid on it. The price is probably really cheap, starting bid only $25000. ;-).
military surplus brass on GCsurplus
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Yeah, those lots are available on a regular basis, even some of the large cases. That 10 lbs of powder you have in the basement for reloading doesn't go very far if you are working with a 105mm tank gun casing. I wonder if Hornady makes an SST bullet to fit it, for hunting the elusive supermoose...
Most do and spell it out in the list of conditions in detail. However, I have seen a few that didn't have those conditions. The non-export conditions were still there for them I believe, but not the scrapping portion. Read very carefully, check, and even e-mail the sales rep. It is very buyer beware, and buyer stupidity runs rampant. I just saw someone bid 15K for somewhere between $400-2000 worth of gear.
Here in the U.S. the best brass you can get for your AR15 rifles is made at our Lake City Army Ammunition Plant or civilian contract ammunition made for the military that meets military standards. This is because the brass is harder in the base area to better withstand larger diameter and longer headspaced military firearms.
"BUT" you need to watch out for these type cases that were fired in machine guns that have the largest diameter chambers and headspace settings. Meaning these chambers can be over .004 larger in diameter than commercial chambers and small base dies will be needed to bring them back into specs.
Our military 5.56 cases are not made thicker which would cut down the capacity of the case too much, so they are made harder making the base stronger. In fact our Lake City military cases have the most case capacity than any .223 case.
We in the U.S. can buy once fired military cases that are sold as scrap, BUT you need to make sure your not buying 5.56 cases that were fired in machine guns. These cases will try and "spring back" to their fired shape after sizing and if sizing with a normal full length sizing die they can cause chambering problems because they are over sized, and why a small base die is mandatory.
"BUT" you need to watch out for these type cases that were fired in machine guns that have the largest diameter chambers and headspace settings. Meaning these chambers can be over .004 larger in diameter than commercial chambers and small base dies will be needed to bring them back into specs.
Our military 5.56 cases are not made thicker which would cut down the capacity of the case too much, so they are made harder making the base stronger. In fact our Lake City military cases have the most case capacity than any .223 case.
We in the U.S. can buy once fired military cases that are sold as scrap, BUT you need to make sure your not buying 5.56 cases that were fired in machine guns. These cases will try and "spring back" to their fired shape after sizing and if sizing with a normal full length sizing die they can cause chambering problems because they are over sized, and why a small base die is mandatory.
Reading the sales agreements, the ones I looked at did not have a scrap clause, just the export ITAR clause and the usual indemnity stuff. The larger casings (arty and tank) are labeled as demil/crushed, but from the pictures for most of them just the lip is bent in, maybe damaged enough that they can't be refilled and fired again, but could be straightened out and turned into umbrella holders
If they have the scrap requirement they do need proof the metal was scrapped.
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Was looking at an old APC hulk up for bid a few years ago... Just the tub with no driveline or any component of any sort attached still required you to lance the main structure in key areas before removing it from DOD property.... Pretty specific rules on some of that stuff if you read the fine print.
