223 5.56 brass help

[Grim_Reaper_1]

hello all, recently i purchased about 200 lbs of mixed manufacture 223/5/56 brass and need some help identifying some of them and also need to know if they are worth reloading or just brass scrap? any info would be appreciated.

thanks in advance

Here are some of the headstamp info

IAI

J B C

STEC IK-85

AD

R P

[joelogic]

Why do you need to identify them? Who wants to hand sort 20,000 pieces. As long as they are all boxer primed they should be GTG.

[ds272]

To identify, go to:

http://cartridgecollectors.org/headstampcodes.htm

IF they are boxer primed, reload them!

[BigBronco]

I recently picked up 5 gal of mixed 223/556 brass. I'm only going to separate the LC brass(556) from the 223 and load away.

[NotEnufGarage]

I sort as follows -

223 REM into one bin for 55 gr plinking loads with 24 grains of TAC

LC into another bin for further sorting by weight (after trimming/primer pocket reaming)
This is used for precision 69 and 77 grain loads

All other 5.56 into another bin for 62 gr plinking loads with 25 grains of TAC

I might have to sort my TZZ by weight since I recently picked up about 1000 of them.

[damndave]

Not sure of the rest, but RP is definitely Remington.

I would ALWAYS sort rifle brass if you want consistent accuracy. Inside capacity from a 223 to a 5.56 case is very different. Pistol brass not so much.

[problemchild]

I hope you got it cheap. I got same headstamp once fired for 39/k