Hey guys, quick question for those of you "in the know". I'm just a couple weeks away from starting to reload .223 for my AR. I've never reloaded before, but looking forward to getting into it. I just tumbled my first batch of brass and sorted them by manufacturer. Looking at the IMI brass I noticed there were different headstamps on some of the cases. They all came from the same lot (00236/K). They are all marked "IMI" on top and "09" on bottom, but have differing, or a lack of numbers on the left and right sides. Pulling 6 random cases has produced numbers of (L,R): (x,2) (2,4) (2,2) (1,1) (x,1) and (x,4), where an "x" indicates a lack of number. While I am not concerned about it, I was just wondering if there was any significance to these numbers. Being from the same lot, and even the same case as I've only ever bought one case of the stuff, I expected them all to be marked the same.
My Google-fu is feeling a bit weak today as I wasn't able to come up with anything on the net about it, must be due to the cold medicine I'm on!
If this needs to be moved elsewhere I apologize, just thought I'd ask in here since reloaders seem to be more informed about this kind of thing. Thanks for any info!
My Google-fu is feeling a bit weak today as I wasn't able to come up with anything on the net about it, must be due to the cold medicine I'm on!
If this needs to be moved elsewhere I apologize, just thought I'd ask in here since reloaders seem to be more informed about this kind of thing. Thanks for any info!