Recent years I have run into military brass (5.56) that has obviously been reloaded by the arsenal. The head stamp has been wiped out (by stamping with dots) and then a new headstamp applied.
I used surplus brass a lot when I was younger and had less money. Never saw this kind of thing in those days.
That raises questions for me.
1. How is the case reformed? Is it simply head stamped and sized? Or is it 'reformed' in the regular production line? Do they resize the base/rim area as well? Annealed? Anyone know the details?
2. I assume this also means a mfg will receive a mixed lot of brass to reform. Which means if I get a bunch of LC brass that has been restamped, it may not actually be LC manufactured brass, maybe FC manufactured brass that LC has reformed. That means the case voumes will be all over the place.
3. How many firings will the government allow with their cases? How does that affect case life, especially with regards to head separation? I assume (very dangerous ) that any neck annealing will 'fix' and problems with early neck splitting.
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