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    wow, their 223 comes cleaned, sized, trimmed and swaged!
     

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    Ships fast too from what I hear.

    well, today is payday, so I went online to place an order of $500 peices
    $54 for 500 but its already sized and trimmed.
    got to the checkout and they wanted nearly $15 to mail it to me.

    it looks like they are making serious money off of shipping and handling

    I ended up buying from Elite, its not processed but its way less and the shipping was $9
     

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    One of the things about unprocessed brass is you don't know what condition it's in. A crimped 5.56 that was shot thru a SAW (loose chamber) will need full length resizing, significant trimming, primer pocket de-crimping. You will spend that extra $6.00 on your time alone very quickly.

    Even with a Dillon 650 and a trimmer I don't like to do it unless I have to. I.e. Free brass.
     

    Dawico

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    One of the things about unprocessed brass is you don't know what condition it's in. A crimped 5.56 that was shot thru a SAW (loose chamber) will need full length resizing, significant trimming, primer pocket de-crimping. You will spend that extra $6.00 on your time alone very quickly.

    Even with a Dillon 650 and a trimmer I don't like to do it unless I have to. I.e. Free brass.
    Totally agree. I processed 3k pieces over the course of a month or more. If I ever need more and have to buy I will definitely search out processed brass.
     

    vmax

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    One of the things about unprocessed brass is you don't know what condition it's in. A crimped 5.56 that was shot thru a SAW (loose chamber) will need full length resizing, significant trimming, primer pocket de-crimping. You will spend that extra $6.00 on your time alone very quickly.

    Even with a Dillon 650 and a trimmer I don't like to do it unless I have to. I.e. Free brass.

    The extra was just for the shipping
    The brass I bought was alot less expensive too
    I spent about half overall

    Anyway it was my decision I may regret it but I swage with a reamer in a drill press and I can do it pretty fast
     

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    I don't know how close you are to Killeen, but there is a guy named Trampus Harmon that sells fully processed brass at a reasonable price. I believe it's called Trampus brass, search it on Facebook.


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    deemus

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    There is a company at most of the gun shows that have processed military 556 brass. They resize it, ream the primer pockets (the biggest PIA), and polish it up. Very reasonable prices. I think I paid $60 or $75 for 500, no tax.

    And they were literally ready to load. I primed about 200 the night after I bought them.
     
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