Typecaster
08-29-2007, 01:04 PM
OK, I'm having a long-distance "discussion" with my dad, a 96-year-old former gunsmith, about the wisdom of using milsurp 5.56 brass. The "discussion" part is tough because he lost his one hearing aid, not that it helped much anyway, but I want to give him a distraction from my mom, who is in a hospice care situation.
His contention is that my .223 brass is suspect because most of it is about 40 years old. He remembers a lot of split necks in the '50s when he used WWI-era 30-06 military brass--it was about 40 years old at that time. I think the problem was from having corrosive primers, a non-issue for the .223 stuff. I
I've been using it as .223 and reforming into .222 and .25/222 for years...never had a split neck. I know that's anecdotal, but that's my reality. He doesn't think I should bother separating my last big batch of cases--my M.O. is to separate by headstamp and year. OK, he has my last 6,000 cases in Arizona and has volunteered to separate them, but we're still having the discussion.
Any consensus from the board?
His contention is that my .223 brass is suspect because most of it is about 40 years old. He remembers a lot of split necks in the '50s when he used WWI-era 30-06 military brass--it was about 40 years old at that time. I think the problem was from having corrosive primers, a non-issue for the .223 stuff. I
I've been using it as .223 and reforming into .222 and .25/222 for years...never had a split neck. I know that's anecdotal, but that's my reality. He doesn't think I should bother separating my last big batch of cases--my M.O. is to separate by headstamp and year. OK, he has my last 6,000 cases in Arizona and has volunteered to separate them, but we're still having the discussion.
Any consensus from the board?