Quote Originally Posted by Parabuteo View Post
You may be able to pick up GGG brass at the NSC. I keep getting given the stuff that rapidly gets re-cycled into AR ammunition.

GGG brass is actually fairly good and often re-loaded, its not Lapua but with care its fine and quite tough stuff.

It is very easy to tell if it has been twice fired as its primers are ring crimped and the primers have a red laquer seal....so you will have to remove the crimp as well.
Removing the crimp is a bit of a PITA but not so much if you have a drill and the correct tool which will cost about seven quid, the good news is you only have to do it once and the brass is worth it because its pretty good quality and annealed well. One thing to be aware of if you do go the GGG / surplus route is the brass is generally thicker walled than commercial brass so you will get more pressure more quickly, general advice is you should lower max load by 1 grain.

Other than that just keep an eye out on the for sales section on here and on the stalking directory as once fired comes up quite regularly which is the beauty of 0.223!