Federal crimped??

[judgedelta]

Does Federal make crimped .223 loads? I was decapping some brass and found several that appear to be crimped. No idea where they could have come from. Case head reads: FC 11 223 Rem".

Thanks...

 

[jet_lagged]

Re: Federal crimped??

Yes.

The last bunch of Federal .223 that I scrounged at the range to reload was crimped. Forget if it was 10 or 11 headstamp.

 

[muggs13]

Re: Federal crimped??

Your not crazy!

Have several cases of american eagle 55gr that are crimped. I think it was when they were pumping out ammo as fast as they could because of the war. They were running all their machines all the time boxing and shipping all crimped.

Get the RCBS swager tool it works great to remove the crimp...

 

[judgedelta]

Re: Federal crimped??

I've got a tool, but I don't have but a dozen or so crimped cases. Probably not worth fooling with. As I mentioned above, I have no idea where these came from. Thanks for reassuring me that I'm not crazy, at least not totally...

 

[adam3999]

Re: Federal crimped??

Yes, in my experience all Federal American Eagle 55gr 223 is crimped.

 

[turbo54]

Re: Federal crimped??

I loathe crimped primers. Makes me want a Dillon 1050, to handle them automatically. I have the RCBS tool, and it works well, but it's a huge hassle to do hundreds (or more!) of them.

 

[muggs13]

Re: Federal crimped??

Yes the RCBS works well but after several hundred over a few days my wrist is sore......