223 Brass - Crimped or Not?

[Norcal707]

I have about 5-6K of FC 223 and am unsure what is ring-crimped and what isn't. From what I have searched/read, some FC brass is crimped and some isn't . FC 223 stamped seems to be said not be crimped - FC with a year stamp is said to be crimped but I'm confused as to what I'm looking at. In the attached photo, what's what?

https://i.postimg.cc/FzSC0D3B/FC-Brass.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

[JimB..]

I just swage them all, it takes about the same amount of time as sorting them and less time than sorting and then swaging just the ones that need it.

[matrixcs]

FC brass is not all 223 some is 556... so some 233 as well as the 556 will be crimped .
the best bet is to swage or ream the primer pocket.

[Norcal707]

Thanks, guy's . All of it is range pick-ups that I'm in the process of selling. One guy asked if they were crimped or not - I emailed him & said they appeared to be crimped but since they were range pick-ups, that some had probably been reloaded and possibly reamed/swaged. Dork just replied back that it didn't matter as he could swage or ream if needed.[smilie=b: