Lake city brass, id mark

[74man]

I have a piece of lake city brass and on the rim is marked 10-2010 and it also has a + or maybe an x inside a circle, what does this mean? Anybody know what the + or x inside the circle mean? Thanks.

[JeffreyDeGraff]

That’s the NATO mark.


JTD

[74man]

If it is a nato mark does that mean it is 5.56mm?

[JeffreyDeGraff]

5.56 will have it too


JTD

[74man]

So both lake city .223 rem and 5.56mm nato have the same mark? How do you tell if the casing is 223 or 5.56mm/

[JeffreyDeGraff]

223 and 5.56 brass are one in the same. The plus sign in the circle denotes NATO.


JTD

[Wes Sage]

There is a new case out there, that says LC .223 Rem. That is NOT Lake City. Looks like it is Hungarian made ammunition.
LC with a date, dots, and the nato cross on it is True Lake City Brass.
As Ammo it id 5.56, as a brass case, it is just all .223 Rem

[74man]

Just wanted to say Thank you to all who told me about lake city, I was under the impression that .223 Rem and 5.56mm Nato had different cases, I have been schooled, now I know. Thanks All for the free schooling.

[QUOTE=Wes Sage;30330]There is a new case out there, that says LC .223 Rem. That is NOT Lake City. Looks like it is Hungarian made ammunition. LC with a date, dots, and the Nato cross on it is True Lake City Brass.
As Ammo it id 5.56, as a brass case, it is just all .223 Rem