I just picked up a box of this stuff (.223 69 grain) @ almost $1.00 a round it was a major purchase.
So I open up the box to look at the rounds and I was expecting to see shiny clear brass.These rounds look just like the XM193 I bought,kind of used looking.They have the same markings as the XM on the bottom of the round "FC 223 REM " and it got me too thinking that I got ripped off.I started to think that somebody just put XM193 in the box instead of the "Good stuff".(Yes,I am paranoid)
I know they are made by the same company,but how am I supposed to tell them apart,say if they fell out the box and got mixed up with the XM stuff ?
1) Is the only diff between the XM193 and the Gold Medal the grain count ?
2) Shouldn't there be diff markings on the bottom ?
3) $1.00 a round is insane ($14.99 for 20)
4) If I am being paranoid,the ONLY way to tell these rounds apart is a digital scale, correct ?
So I open up the box to look at the rounds and I was expecting to see shiny clear brass.These rounds look just like the XM193 I bought,kind of used looking.They have the same markings as the XM on the bottom of the round "FC 223 REM " and it got me too thinking that I got ripped off.I started to think that somebody just put XM193 in the box instead of the "Good stuff".(Yes,I am paranoid)
I know they are made by the same company,but how am I supposed to tell them apart,say if they fell out the box and got mixed up with the XM stuff ?
1) Is the only diff between the XM193 and the Gold Medal the grain count ?
2) Shouldn't there be diff markings on the bottom ?
3) $1.00 a round is insane ($14.99 for 20)
4) If I am being paranoid,the ONLY way to tell these rounds apart is a digital scale, correct ?