I recently bought some virgin Winchester 22-250 brass, some had that exact crimp on the shoulder. Is your headstamp WIN?
Really bad Remington factory ammo
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I recently bought some virgin Winchester 22-250 brass, some had that exact crimp on the shoulder. Is your headstamp WIN?
Same here. The most interesting Winchester round I have seen is a .223 cartridge (WWB) in which the bullet was actually significantly recessed into the casing. Not sure how that is possible when when I opened it up, I noticed all the cartridges were at the same level stuck into the foam except one which was a lot lower. Unfortunately this was stock I held for years so it was too late to get a return/refund (and the store from which I bought this went out of business) - I did let Winchester know by email with the lot numbers, etc., but no reply from them.
I agree about the dirtiness of Winchester, especially WWB. Last week I shot some PMC Bronze .223 followed up by WWB .223. The former's brass came out nice and shiny, whereas the Winchester white box ones came out like they were charred on a BBQ. They weren't squeaky clean shiny to begin with but looked hideous after being shot.
