Best/worse factory rounds for reloading 303 & 45 acp??

[Meroh]

I give away or trade small primer .45 brass. It would be easier to stick with small primers, but I got a deal on about 4000 large primer brass. I'm committed.

 

[jethunter]

If you're buying new brass for 45ACP = Starline

 

[Fastestmanalive]

X2 on PPU, the best you can get for .303
If you've only got the one rifle, neck size only, until shoulder needs to be bumped back.

S&B isn't bad after a primer pocket uniforming, but their brass seems a bit more harder/brittle.

Winchester brass has been known for quality issues lately, and their cases are thinner than most. Even doing everything right the most I've gotten from them is 3-4 firings before the white ring of death appears

This.

303 Brit = Neck sizing only if you want to fire your brass more than 3 times. A lee collet fits perfectly this purpose.

No issues with 45ACP small primers, they shoot as good as the LP. You just have to keep inventory of 2 primer sizes if you mix and make sure you don't mix. If you reload on a progressive press, it's more annoying.

 

[lone-wolf]

99% of the 45 brass I shot or received was large primer, a handful is small primer, and I'm not going to bother switching up the press for small primers when I have more than enough large primer stuff. So it's just laziness, and preference to whatever I have the most of.
CCI Blazer & I think PPU stuff is all I've seen so far for small primer 45.

 

[TomorrowNeverKnows]

You won't go wrong with S&B, although the primer pockets can be a bit tight on the first reload

I've been reloading 44 Mag in the same 250 S&B cases for what seems like forever! I had to ream the primer pockets initially because they are crimped.

 

[HammerliSP20]

If you are buying factory .45ACP, Blazer, Federal and ICC are small primer.

 

[pacobillie]

If you are buying factory .45ACP, Blazer, Federal and ICC are small primer.

Only some, not all. I have federal and blazer lp cases.