Picked up 30 cases off range last week. Cases are nickle plated ??? LC 223, date 06.
Have never seen these before. Were these a test or special purpose load? Can they be reloaded?
Are they really nickle plated or just a "white metal color".
Tinned cases are "high pressure test" (proof) loads.
Sam
smwoody had a couple this weekend as well. They looked nickled to me.
I have a fair amount of nickled .38 and .357 in my brass stash, but I had never seen .223 LC like that either.
The ones I picked up were found on a police sniper range and were Nickel LC 05
Woody
I suspect these I picked up were fired by a County Deputy Sheriff who is a member of the club. They are definitely nickle.
Yep, I have reloaded some of those LC nickle cases in 223.....they seem to work just fine.
These LC 223 05-09 nickle plated cases are from barrier penetrating ammo.
Projectile is a 62gr bonded SP w/can. (Very similar to Hornady's TAP - Barrier)
These are intended for taking down targets through vehicle glass/doors.
Was given a few (live rounds) at the range a few weeks ago by a SWAT "sniper". Shoots to same POI as LC SS109 (M855)
Nickle-plated boxer-primed cases; they deprime, tumble and size just fine, so I see no reason to not reload 'em. May have to remove a primer crimp though.