Lake city match brass
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I would think if you can get it for 1/2 price of new W brass it would be decent deal.
One thing I have noticed is that much of what is popular or liked is due to being cheap or free.
A lot of military brass falls into this category historically.
No one would choose it over Lapua but it’s OK.
One thing I have noticed is that much of what is popular or liked is due to being cheap or free.
A lot of military brass falls into this category historically.
No one would choose it over Lapua but it’s OK.
Lake City Match fired through around 1994 will most likely have been fired through M14s.
Figure four firings (three reloads) before hitting stretching-thinning boundaries.
Figure four firings (three reloads) before hitting stretching-thinning boundaries.
I have about 100 loaded rounds of LC Match. I terms of quality it is about the same as Lake City LR brass - about 95% as good as Lapua. "95 percent" because I get a few more flyers with the quality Lake City brass and because I have to do more work to get it working - mostly uniform primer pockets and cut the burrs out of the flash holes. Lapua is usually better about both of those issues. If you anneal the brass and use sufficient lube, resizing is easy. In my case, when loaded the same, LC LR, LC Match, and Lapua all shoot to about the same point of impact.
In 2014 I bought 1,000 pieces of LC LR, I paid $190. Today, if I could find it more LC LR, I would buy another thousand and pay a bit more per piece.
If I recall correctly, Lake City made LC Match then they made LC Long Range but it is basically the same brass.
edit: I get way more than 4 reloads before I have stretch-thinning. YMMV
In 2014 I bought 1,000 pieces of LC LR, I paid $190. Today, if I could find it more LC LR, I would buy another thousand and pay a bit more per piece.
If I recall correctly, Lake City made LC Match then they made LC Long Range but it is basically the same brass.
edit: I get way more than 4 reloads before I have stretch-thinning. YMMV
Generally, Lake City "Match" cases have a knurl groove around the base about a quarter-inch up from the base, while Long Range is nearly the same as 7.62mm Ball cases (the primer pocket is not crimped).
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Wow thats good to hear. How many times do you have to trim the brass and do you anneal every time.
"Generally, Lake City "Match" cases have a knurl groove around the base"
My LC Match doesn't have a knurled groove, it looks like regular brass - smooth above the extractor groove.
My LC Match doesn't have a knurled groove, it looks like regular brass - smooth above the extractor groove.
M852 has "Match" in its headstamp. Not sure when they stopped loading 173-grain Match.
Long Range is stamped "LR."
Last 40mm can of 96 Match brass I bought at Camp Perry is all knurled, but I haven't seen it released in a long while (since M118 LR and Mark 318 are the preferred 7.62 loads for M24s, Mark 11s, and M110s and has pretty much replaced Match since the M14 went away in 1994).
Long Range is stamped "LR."
Last 40mm can of 96 Match brass I bought at Camp Perry is all knurled, but I haven't seen it released in a long while (since M118 LR and Mark 318 are the preferred 7.62 loads for M24s, Mark 11s, and M110s and has pretty much replaced Match since the M14 went away in 1994).
