Beat up 5.56 round restoration.

[markm]

This ran over, abandoned in the desert factory round has been sitting in the bed of the truck for a while. I was washing the truck and picked it up.

Looks like an XM855 round with a 2014 headstamp. Primer had a light strike.

I'm going to be rebuilding it today because it's hot as hell here, and I like doing weird stuff like this.



The round has about 26.6 gr of ball powder still in excellent condition despite the brass showing signs that it's been in at least one rain storm. Primer pocket is still shiny, and the bullet has neck seal and sticks to a magnet.

[czgunner]

I’ve always wondered about decapping a live primer. No issues with them going off?

[markm]

I’ve always wondered about decapping a live primer. No issues with them going off?

No. Never. I've popped hundred of them over the years for various reasons. I did have one go off in my single stage when I whipped the priming arm out of operation. There was a partially mashed primer in the cup, and I'm used to whipping the priming arm against the press to clear debris from the cup. Bang! No damage or injury, just a shocker.

[markm]

After 3 hrs stainless steel wet tumbling next to a non-abused piece of brass in the same tumble.



Resized and neck sized:



Final round as good as new and ready for next weekend's match!

[1168]

Markm doing the Lord’s Work on a Sunday.

[TheTick]

You're a better man than I.

I would have sent that round as is. I simply would have closed my eyes and winced when pulling the trigger.

[duece71]

Do you have any idea on the make of powder? It looks a lot like Ramshot TAC. (Nah, probably isn’t that stuff).

[Vegas]

You're a better man than I.

I would have sent that round as is. I simply would have closed my eyes and winced when pulling the trigger.

Agreed. I would be a liar if I said I had never done that before.

[Straight Shooter]

With ammo prices now...there is merit here.

[vicious_cb]

When 2020 is so bad you have to restore beat up ammo.