Lake City Brass

[ghorn]

I have come across some LC LR match brass, but I do not know what a reasonable price is for this type of brass. It is mostly 2010 brass with a small about 0f 08 and 09 mixed in. What would a good price be per round?

 

[markm87]

I'm assuming .308??

Once fired? or undetermined?

 

[ghorn]

I forgot the important part of the message. 7.62x51 once fired. Shot from a high quality bolt action rifle.

 

[necchi]

Good stuff.
A Great price would be 20cents ea,,
If you don't want to insult the guy 28-30 cents ea
If he's setting the price he could easily ask 35 ea
If I'm not mistaken "Match" brass does not have a crimped primer, that's a +

Alot of times a guy thinks he's got Gold, I personally would not pay 40 unless he's paying shipping and I've seen it listed higher than that.

 

[ghorn]

So what does it mean by the primers being "pushed" instead of be "crimped"? How does it affect the depriming and re priming of the brass? I am new to this type of brass. Any other help is appreciated.

 

[necchi]

Military cartridges have the primer installed like any other case, but after the primer is seated another step in the prosses is to "crush" a small amount of brass around the primer to hold it in place to avoid back pressures sometimes created in loose chambered military guns world wide.

This "crushed" area known as a crimp can be just a few little marks that look like it got hit by a screwdriver or more commonly a full circle around the primer.

When processing crimped mil brass the primer will decap properly, but the brass from the crimp will usually be too much for a new primer to go back in easily.

The crimp is easily removed. You can do each case with a pocket knife or a screwdriver, and there are a ton of tools out there from $9.95 too $200 to do the job.
You can either cut it out out swage it back.
Do a search here and I'm sure you'll find a few 100 postings on the howtoo and tools.
Alot of people including myself have done 1000's for personal use, I use the Lyman tool and a drill and cut it out.

 

[Leaddog]

Going price around here is 20 cents each. Sells fast.

 

[fr3db3ar]

Earlier this year I paid $110 for 1k shipped.

 

[ghorn]

thanks for the info, it was a big help.