Brass stamps

[Ra66it]

So I'm sitting at my bench pondering the meaning of life and a say to myself, "self why is all this brass stamped LC 10"?

This is the majority of the brass I claimed from the range at work last week. This may be a silly question but does Federal reclaim and reload at the factory?

It my understanding the "10" is the year of manufacture but with the "shortage" I can't imagine it was sitting around for four years...

 

[FlatsFlite]

Dude, you should have picked up more than one piece.

 

[lx1x]

lake city brass .. '10

federals have fc stamps on them.

 

[Jaybeez]

manufactured 2010 at thelake city plant.

probably shot at the range about an hour before you picked it up.

 

[Ra66it]

Dude, you should have picked up more than one piece.

Haha. Trust me I did!

manufactured 2010 at thelake city plant.

probably shot at the range about an hour before you picked it up.

I was part of the group firing it. It didn't sit long lol

lake city brass .. '10

federals have fc stamps on them.

Yeah. That's is what I meant. We use Federal for duty...
So do you think it was just that the brass was manufactured in 10 or the round and it was factory reloaded at some point?

 

[Ra66it]

This is the case it came in... Boxed in 20rnd boxes...

 

[Ra66it]

lake city brass .. '10

federals have fc stamps on them.

And actually now I know why I thought federal. That's how the case was labeled. (See additional pic)
It's good brass. I was just wondering why the four year old stamp if we just got the shipment in at the range and fired it last week.

 

[lx1x]

And actually now I know why I thought federal. That's how the case was labeled. (See additional pic)
It's good brass. I was just wondering why the four year old stamp if we just got the shipment in at the range and fired it last week.

maybe just sitting in the warehouse for some time before it got sold.. (just thinking out loud)

 

[BradMacc82]

LC tends to be good brass, it's possible that Federal bought LC brass during the component shortage to shore up production.

Just thinking out loud.

 

[E.Shell]

Federal Cartridge Company runs the Lake City munitions plant, hence the commonalities.

 

[BradMacc82]

Federal Cartridge Company runs the Lake City munitions plant, hence the commonalities.

Did not know that.

Yet again, learning something new today.

 

[armed ferret]

Just thinking out loud.

Usually that gets you open-palm slapped right in the face.

 

[Pinecone]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_City_Army_Ammunition_Plant

Lake City plant makes about 1.4 BILLION rounds per year. It is a US Government owned facility, run by a contractor. Originally it was run by Remington from 1941 to 1985, then Olin (Winchester) until 2001, and now ATK (owns Federal).

The military brass has always been head stamped LC no matter who ran the plant.

It is a US Government owned facility.

It really only makes ammunition for the US government, so not sure how they are selling the ammunition directly. Their may be some clause to allow them to make more than the military needs and sell it. Also, they might stockpile some, to meet increased military demands, then at some point, sell it. Of course they would sell the older ammo first.

When Winchester ran the plant, they sold ammo that was basically military ammo, but instead of LC head stamp, they were WCC.

The WCC came from the Western Cartridge Company, that bought Winchester to make Winchester Western. WCC was founded by Mr. Olin. Commercial Winchester is WW or W-W, IIRC, I have some that is marked Win. Older may have WRA (Winchester Repeating Arms) or even the full name Winchester.

Federal is FC or Fed.

 

[BradMacc82]

Usually that gets you open-palm slapped right in the face.

Sometimes.

There is the rare instance where it has possible outcomes too, but those are admittedly few and far between instances.

 

[jjbduke2004]

Federal Cartridge Company runs the Lake City munitions plant, hence the commonalities.

And usually XM193 from Federal/American Eagle means ammo produced on the Lake City line that somehow failed government lot acceptance (or was an overun) but was still safe to sell commercially.

 

[IndispensableDestiny]

And usually XM193 from Federal/American Eagle means ammo produced on the Lake City line that somehow failed government lot acceptance (or was an overun) but was still safe to sell commercially.

Wrong.

The terms of the contract allows ATK to produce ammunition for other customers in the LC plant. This keeps the plant running and costs down.