.223 Rifle Brass Case

$45.00 – $75.00

  • Cases are collected from public shooting ranges.
  • Brass is mostly 5.56mm but some .223 may be mixed in.
  • All orders will contain mixed headstamps including military cases that may have crimped primer pockets.
  • All cases are magnetically screened, mechanically sorted and hand inspected to cull steel, aluminum and deformed cases.
  • All rifle cases are cleaned by wet tumbling.
  • All cases will require de-priming, resizing, possible length trimming and primer crimp removal prior to use.
  • Cases may have minor dents or imperfections. Most will be removed when resized or will be shot out upon the first firing.
  • Extra brass cases are included to make up for any mixed calibers, unusable pieces or other defects that may slip through our screening process.
  • Brass is sold as-is.
SKU: VB556 Category:

Description

Think of the .223/5.56 as the rifle equivalent of the 9mm in pistol calibers.  Like the 9mm, it has excellent ballistics, low recoil and low cost that make it a favorite with reloaders.

The caliber was developed to be used with the new M16 rifle adopted by the US Army in the early 60’s.  The intent was to replace the recently adopted .308 caliber M-14 which was found to have excessive recoil in full auto mode.   The reduced recoil of the 556 NATO would allow more accurate auto fire and the reduced weight would allow more ammo to be carried by soldiers.  The adoption by the US and NATO allies in conjunction with the Vietnam War has led the .223/5.56 to become the most popular center-fire rifle caliber in the world.  LEOs and the civilian markets have adopted the caliber to benefit from the economies of scale the caliber provides to ammo producers.

RELOADING HINT: A lot of 5.56 factory ammo is produced with crimped primer pockets which can cause annoying hangups when reloading with progressive presses.  When reloading for personal use we use a Frankford Arsenal Case Trimmer station and simply run every case through the primer pocket trimmer after trimming and deburring the case length.

Bulk Orders:  Viking Brass can offer bulk orders for .223/5.56 with reduced pricing.  Pease contact us directly to inquire about quantities and pricing.

Additional information

Quanity

1000, 250, 500

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