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    Red face Lake city brass, id mark

    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.

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    That’s the NATO mark.


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

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    5.56 will have it too


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    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/

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


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    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

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    Thanks all!!!

    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

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