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<blockquote data-quote="GBA1776" data-source="post: 2952868" data-attributes="member: 20522"><p>I think I got my seating issue figured out it was a combination of improper deburring and a lack of lubricant in the case neck I made some adjustments to my process and loaded a few rounds and things were smoother/easier when I was sizing/depriming and seating bullets. And I have seen zero evidence of shaved bullet jackets.</p><p></p><p>My case necks coming out of sizing are .001-0015" smaller than loaded rounds so I am pretty sure tension is spot on.</p><p></p><p>I guess I will just ask this question here. </p><p></p><p>Anyone have experience with American Eagle .223 brass? </p><p></p><p> I have a couple hundred once fired cases I have collected over the years they are all from AE .223 55gr FMJBT and I have resized and de-primed 50 of them and almost all of the cases are below the stated trim size of 1.750. Most of the cases are 1.745-1.749" a few have been like 1.752-1.753". I know some of them were fired out of a .223 chamber but many were shot from .223 wylde or 5.56 chambers in AR's.</p><p></p><p>Another thing I ran into was some of them had cracked case necks, the crack propagated right where the case neck meets the shoulder of the case. I found 3 of them while cleaning/inspecting 50 rounds. </p><p></p><p>This seems to me to be a pretty high failure rate on factory new ammunition that has been fired just once. It makes me a little hesitant to use the cases, The last thing I want is to have a case failure flame cut a surface irregularity in the chamber of my rifle. What do you all think about that?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GBA1776, post: 2952868, member: 20522"] I think I got my seating issue figured out it was a combination of improper deburring and a lack of lubricant in the case neck I made some adjustments to my process and loaded a few rounds and things were smoother/easier when I was sizing/depriming and seating bullets. And I have seen zero evidence of shaved bullet jackets. My case necks coming out of sizing are .001-0015" smaller than loaded rounds so I am pretty sure tension is spot on. I guess I will just ask this question here. Anyone have experience with American Eagle .223 brass? I have a couple hundred once fired cases I have collected over the years they are all from AE .223 55gr FMJBT and I have resized and de-primed 50 of them and almost all of the cases are below the stated trim size of 1.750. Most of the cases are 1.745-1.749" a few have been like 1.752-1.753". I know some of them were fired out of a .223 chamber but many were shot from .223 wylde or 5.56 chambers in AR's. Another thing I ran into was some of them had cracked case necks, the crack propagated right where the case neck meets the shoulder of the case. I found 3 of them while cleaning/inspecting 50 rounds. This seems to me to be a pretty high failure rate on factory new ammunition that has been fired just once. It makes me a little hesitant to use the cases, The last thing I want is to have a case failure flame cut a surface irregularity in the chamber of my rifle. What do you all think about that? [/QUOTE]
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