Malaysian & Singapore .223 brass

[Brad in Idaho]

I've got several hundred pieces of once fired 5.56 brass. It is headstamped MAL (Malaysia), and HB (Singapore) both are supposed to be military brass, and are boxer primed. I have polished a bunch of it, and it looks good, that is, not corroded or cruddy. I have had others tell me it is good brass to reload, I'm just wondering if any of you here have had experience with it.
TIA, Brad

[WHG]

I've reloaded the MAL (Malaysia) brass. Found that after about 5 reloads I started to get head seperations. Was loading 55 grain FMJ with 27 grains of Winchester 748 powder. I would discard (recycle) the brass after 5 reloads. Other than that the brass was fine.

[lyman]

I've used some for plinking ammo without issue,

I don't think (I'll have to dig out the notes) that any have been reloaded more than 3x's,

I'll keep an eye out for them now, and keep them seperate,,,

Thanks

[joem]

I have a lot of MAL brass. It's good stuff. don't have any HB so I don't know anything about it.

[NuJudge]

I had some Singaporean brass many years ago (1970's). It had really tight flash holes and grabbed my decapping pin in every case. If your decapper has a really small pin, this may not be a problem for you.

A reamer would take care of the small flash hole.

[Mr. X]

I've reloaded Malaysian at least 5x. It's good stuff. I've never had a case head separation like WHG posted. But he says his load was 27.0 of 748, which sounds pretty hot to me. I load 25.0 of 748 and never had a problem.

[Who?]

I had some Malaysian ammo I bought back in the mid 90's that also had very tight flash holes.