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Help identifying this .223rem case

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SemperFiGuy:
Every established reloading information source I've ever read has said, loud and clear:

Never use powder which has no definite identity marked on the container.

Guess it could be argued that since these 24.3gr of powder were already loaded up, then the powder could simply be replaced and corked up with a newer, shiny bullet of the same weight as was previously extracted when the powder was dumped.   But then, that argument leads to this point:

Every established reloading information source I've ever read has said, loud and clear:

Never shoot orphan (unidentified source; unknown reloading data) reloaded ammunition.

My recommendation to you is same as up above:   Dump the Powder.  (Sprinkled thinly in the garden.  Excellent fertilizer.  All that nitrogen.............)

Those twenty cartridges only contain a total of 0.07lb of powder, which is worth at the most, say..... $1.75.   Not really worth messing with.

FWIW,

sfg

noylj:
Why get rid of primer? Why do more than lightly tumble the case, if that? Is it covered in tar/mud/feces? Any thing more that wiping off the exterior is more than needed.
Powder: if it was a factory round, it isn't any canister powder you can buy, but it also is a round that you can shoot (you've checked one round and found the powder to still be good). If it was reloaded, you have no way to identify what powder was used or to know if it is safe in YOUR gun.
Bullet: you pull the bullet and, even if the meplat is damaged, it will still shoot quite well out to 200 yards (if it ever could). Just doesn't make sense to load ONE bullet. If you have a lot of these rounds to break-down, have all the bullets and use them for plinking/family shooting/fun.

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