Best ammo to buy for .223 brass ?

[IDPA Mike]

I am Taking some clients shooting in a few weeks. Work is buying the ammo. Would I be better off getting .566 or .223 for the reloading brass? Thanks, Mike

 

[cfreedman]

Assuming you reload all rounds as 223, I would say buy 223 as to avoid crimped primers.

 

[Madball13]

Mike, i would get 5.56. Lake City and Winchester are some of the most popular brass for HP.

 

[Knob Creek]

Yes Lake City

 

[DarrenL]

Assuming you reload all rounds as 223, I would say buy 223 as to avoid crimped primers.

Every time a primer is crimped, a puppy dies, a kitten is maimed, statues weep blood, and an angel loses its wings.

Aside from that, I would also suggest lake city, that has been my primary source. I have also noticed federal 223 often does not need trimming.

 

[Chet0729]

Assuming you reload all rounds as 223, I would say buy 223 as to avoid crimped primers.

Is all 223 not crimped?

 

[cfreedman]

Assuming you reload all rounds as 223, I would say buy 223 as to avoid crimped primers.

Is all 223 not crimped?

In my experience, 223 has not. I cannot think of any I have bought that is crimped.

 

[mac1911]

Would emagine it all depends on what's available to you at time of purchase.
down here in the Plymouth area pickings are slim.

 

[G Smith]

I am Taking some clients shooting in a few weeks. Work is buying the ammo. Would I be better off getting .566 or .223 for the reloading brass? Thanks, Mike

Hey Mike,
I would go with the Hornady 75gr ammo from the CMP
http://www.odcmp.com/Sales/ammo.htm#Hornady223

I got a few pcs of the brass from this ammo off Tony at the Mass SR Champs last weekend.
I knocked the primers out and weighed it up when I got home and it's good looking brass.
The 3 pcs were within a 1/2 grain of each other (94 gr)

Good ammo too.
Word is it's loaded with Varget at 2790 fps.

Hornady .223 Caliber Ammunition
ITEM # DESCRIPTION PRICE
444H223 Hornady .223 Rem. Ammunition, Bullet: 75 gr. BTHP Match, Velocity: 2790 fps. at the muzzle, 200 rounds in a case (20 rds per box, 10 boxes inside a cardboard over pack).

$120.00
S&H $8.95 per case
S&H to Alaska or Hawaii $9.95 per case

 

[Kisspik002]

Stateline had 1000 rounds of PMC for like 350ish, can't remember the exact price and I think it was PMC bronze, don't quote me on it though.