jackson923 Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 (edited) Is anyone else having issues with brass that has this head stamp? It is stamped FC and 98. For some reason every piece is hard to deprime and does not want to reprime. After 10 of these I just started to throw them in a coffee can for recycling. Forgot to mention I'm using a Dillon 650. Edited February 14, 2014 by jackson923 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pasley Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Well, they have crimped in primers, If you have a bunch you could deprime separately if you want and ream or swage the crimp out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve RA Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 As said above, the primer is crimped in. It's military brass, Federal Cartridge and mfg in 1998. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSH Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 FC NT will also be crimped Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackson923 Posted February 14, 2014 Author Share Posted February 14, 2014 I thought that was the case but i didn't see anything that would indicate a crimp to the naked eye, maybe I should put my glasses on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pasley Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 In your picture the crimp is most visible right at the FC stamp. I recently prepped 500 rounds of Winchester NATO 9mm brass and it wasn't that big of a chore if you can tolerate mindless tasks whilst sitting on the sofa. Old towel across the lap and and a case chamfering tool. It goes fairly quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripod Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 the other mark on the headstamp is the NATO spec (North Alantic Treaty Organization). You can count on the brass having a crimped primer when you see that mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Usually anything with a date is crimped Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pasley Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Usually anything with a date is crimped I just bought some WCC 10 brass from Widener's. No crimp, seems to be real nice brass. Wonder where it came from? So far have not found a single different head stamp in the whole batch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 WCC with no crimp? Must be processed already because I have never seen a WCC that was not crimped Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackson923 Posted March 1, 2014 Author Share Posted March 1, 2014 Thanks for the info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiefire Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Usually anything with a date is crimped Sarge - As usual, you are a great source of info - especially for a newbie like me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeerBaron Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 some don't have date stamps though and just have the maker stamp and the little cross hairs looking mark (the mark on the brass pic above that is not FC and not 98). basically all mil brass will have that little stamp. we get a lot of processed wcc mil brass here. once it's been processed the first time and had the crimp removed PROPERLY then it's good to reload over and over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A63111 Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Do a search. Some years of WCC brass had no crimp. I was able to buy a few thousand pieces of that a year or so ago. That being said what you have is definitely crimped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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