Norma 223 Brass is world renowned as being the absolute highest quality brass available. These cases start off with the best possible raw materials with the narrowest tolerances. The case necks are annealed to soften the brass and prevent gas leaks the case body is at the optimum hardness to avoid any unnecessary stretching. This is not loaded ammunition.

Brass Preparation: With bulk rifle brass you may sometimes notice a few case mouths are “out of round” or slightly dented below the shoulder.  Brass manufacturers are aware of the case cosmetics and have worked to mitigate it, but due to equipment design, denting may still occur.

With all new rifle brass, you should first straighten out the case and case mouth. Then chamfer and debur the case mouth inside and out.  To smooth the sleeve mouth. Guide the sleeve part of the way into the calibration die and let the expander ball smooth the brass. To prevent the case neck from stretching, be sure to lubricate the case neck inside the case mouth.