.223 Brass Quality Question

Henry Nierychlo

Henry Nierychlo

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I'm wondering which is a better quality of brass.
1 F Winchester
1 F LC
1 F Federal
I've got the option of reloading any of these and I'd like to know which will last the longest and be of the better quality.
Thanks for any input.
Kind Regards, Henry
 
I would say the order you have them in sounds about right. It would be a tossup between LC and Winchester. I would use whichever I had a greater amount of. my .02
 
I find that winchester brass seems to get split necks almost immediatly, though I must admit that I've only ever used Winchester brass recycled from factory ammo. I've had very good luck with Remington brass, though the newer remington brass seems to be missing the annealing stain that the older stuff had, so I wonder if it is now being done differently. Federal brass seems to last almost as long as Remington brass. When you buy Lapua brass you are buying brass that is more consistant than the norm, and I would also suspect that it is also better annealed, so it may also last longer in the neck. With the current climat in the U.S., I suspect that it may soon be the only brass available; but that woulden't be a bad thing.
Mike
 
mike shickele said:
I find that winchester brass seems to get split necks almost immediatly, though I must admit that I've only ever used Winchester brass recycled from factory ammo.
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You're having .223 necks split on you almost immediately or is it another caliber? First I've heard of this.:confused:
 
First, Remington and PMC brass fit into this because it's good to think about as many of the available brands as possible. I would find it odd that someone would limit themselves to only three brands of brass, and totally ignore what else there is available; I was broadening the options. With Winchester 223 brass; every time that I have used it, I have had at least one piece of brass totally split at the neck, fallowed by frequent splits thereafter. This doesn't happen with Winchester 223 military brass, which leads me to believe that the commercial brass is somewhat thinner in the neck. This doesn't seem to be the case with all other calibers in Winchester brass. Other people may have had different experiences with this, but I'm going off of 3 different batches of brass.
Mike
 
In 5.56mm and .223, the best brass as far as I am concerned is:

Lake City
IVI
Wichester

The LC and IVI cases once prepped properly will outperfom and last longer than any other types I have tried.

I have about 15K of LC and IVI in my stocks, never resist the urge to pick up more when I see it at the range. Love seeing LC or IVI on the headstamp, makes me tingle inside......
 
mike shickele said:
First, Remington and PMC brass fit into this because it's good to think about as many of the available brands as possible. I would find it odd that someone would limit themselves to only three brands of brass, and totally ignore what else there is available; I was broadening the options. With Winchester 223 brass; every time that I have used it, I have had at least one piece of brass totally split at the neck, fallowed by frequent splits thereafter. This doesn't happen with Winchester 223 military brass, which leads me to believe that the commercial brass is somewhat thinner in the neck. This doesn't seem to be the case with all other calibers in Winchester brass. Other people may have had different experiences with this, but I'm going off of 3 different batches of brass.
Mike
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I took it as him asking "where" 9in order of quality) in the list, not "why". I'd be interested too. I have a few boxes of the Winchester white box 40 round from WalMart back when they were $22 a box, I stocked up. I traded a couple of the winchester boxes for remington with a heavier bullet. I plan to reload both when I run out, which will be a while based on the 223 shooting I'm doing.
 
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