snert
Silver $$ Contributor
First, after years of being an ardent anti-223 guy who shoots a 222 or a K-Hornet just because I don't wanna be like everyone else (goes with my curmudgeon esoteric worldview) I finally stopped selling off spare 223 range brass and kept a 5 gallon tub. Of course that led to "needing" a gun...
I bought a TC Contender barrel for PD's. Now I am depriming, decrimping sizing, prepping etc.
The brass is mixed once fired from AR brass. Some is LC with dates, other is Federal XM19 somesuch with crimps, and a very few are commercial Federal. I will be trimming all to "legal limit, but some is "short already".
I will develop a medium 50 grain bullet load, likely with Benchmark since I have a bunch, and a standard WSR primer.
So here is the question for you 223 guru's
Would you, for the purposes above , in the gun listed, sort brass and keep separate by "Style", and if so, what catagories, how careful must I be? I KNOW the commercial is different from LC, but what about that LC vs Fed XM whatever stuff? I can sort it by headstamp (I have 4K) or does it matter? My old eyes can hardly read the dang headstamp anymore.
I AM NOT going to weigh brass etc, as this is minute of PD in a TC in the wind, being shot by an old fart who can miss, smile, reload..
Thanks
Snert

I bought a TC Contender barrel for PD's. Now I am depriming, decrimping sizing, prepping etc.
The brass is mixed once fired from AR brass. Some is LC with dates, other is Federal XM19 somesuch with crimps, and a very few are commercial Federal. I will be trimming all to "legal limit, but some is "short already".
I will develop a medium 50 grain bullet load, likely with Benchmark since I have a bunch, and a standard WSR primer.
So here is the question for you 223 guru's
Would you, for the purposes above , in the gun listed, sort brass and keep separate by "Style", and if so, what catagories, how careful must I be? I KNOW the commercial is different from LC, but what about that LC vs Fed XM whatever stuff? I can sort it by headstamp (I have 4K) or does it matter? My old eyes can hardly read the dang headstamp anymore.
I AM NOT going to weigh brass etc, as this is minute of PD in a TC in the wind, being shot by an old fart who can miss, smile, reload..
Thanks
Snert