Brass Opinions

South Pender said:
Some of you have mentioned Sako and RWS brass. Are these available to us now in Canada? Years ago, I used RWS brass in an 8x68S and a 9.3x64 Brenneke. It was very good. I have some loaded Sako ammunition that I could shoot, I guess, to get the brass, but would rather start with virgin brass. I've found both Lapua and Norma brass to be of very uniform weight. These are about all I'm using these days.
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I purchased two boxes of Sako ammo in the 270 Winchester, pulled the bullets, poured the powder and full length resized it. What I like about the Sako brass is: it's hard and heavy, Peterson is the same.
 
DiMP said:
1) Free Brass
2) Cheap Brass
3) Available Brass

:p

All I know for sure is it isn't the brand of brass that is making me miss my target lol
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That works for me. Im still reloading a fair bit of Imperial brass that most people said is not worth using.
 
Best brass I've used so far is Lapua, the primer pockets hold up to hot loads better than everything else I've used.
Most consistent brass I've used so far is Alpha, in terms of length, weight and neck uniformity. It's too early to tell on longevity, but I've been impressed so far.
I have new 308 Peterson brass sitting here waiting to be loaded. Supposedly tough like Lapua, so fingers crossed.
Starline brass has been good for me, especially in 224 valkyrie. The primer pockets have held up better than I hoped under hot loads. But neck thickness varies a bit, so it needs work if you're a precision guy. Still way tougher than Hornady.

The primer pockets on Hornady and Federal brass don't hold up under warm loads for more than 2-3 loadings, so I'll only use that brass for hunting loads going forward.
 
kmoney159 said:
Where can you get Norma brass? I've never seen it anywhere since starting reloading last year
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From certain units in the army... sand bags full of .308 norma brass...

Some nosler brass is rebranded norma (but not all)
Its tough to find these days... hell it was tough to find when there wasnt shortages.

Stuff lasts forever though. I sold some with over 12 reloads on it... still in spec, still had most of the case wall thickness, no neck splints. Just good brass.
In .308 it outlasts lappua brass by as much as 5 reloads
 
South Pender said:
Some of you have mentioned Sako and RWS brass. Are these available to us now in Canada?
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I just bought a bunch of Sako factory ammunition mainly so I could get the brass. I haven’t seen bags of brass available though. They’re factory ammunition shot pretty well too so added bonus!
 
Literally any brand is fine if you buy enough of them and sort them into lots most similar in weight, but there are hardness differences in the base, or web area.

My favorite brand in Lake City if you want a tough and it happens to suit your caliber of choice.

When you can buy 3000 rounds of once fired Lake City for the price of 300 rounds of new brass... Then sort into ten lots of 300 closest in weight, you will have better consistency than the premium brands.

Its just more work... once and don't forget to anneal.
 
South Pender said:
X-Reload has some in stock and a lot listed that is out of stock. Caroline Supplies has some. Current prices for Norma brass are through the roof.
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Ahh thanks. I'm shooting Lapua Palma for now but if LRP come back in stock maybe I'll splurge on some Norma, sounds legendary. My next cartridge might actually by 7mm 08. Maybe I'll try it then too.
 
kmoney159 said:
Ahh thanks. I'm shooting Lapua Palma for now but if LRP come back in stock maybe I'll splurge on some Norma, sounds legendary. My next cartridge might actually by 7mm 08. Maybe I'll try it then too.
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Remember that Lapua has dropped the 7-08 line for now, so that will be pretty hard to find. I don't recall ever seeing any norma brass for it in stock.
 
LordEvilPepper said:
From certain units in the army... sand bags full of .308 norma brass...

Some nosler brass is rebranded norma (but not all)
Its tough to find these days... hell it was tough to find when there wasnt shortages.

Stuff lasts forever though. I sold some with over 12 reloads on it... still in spec, still had most of the case wall thickness, no neck splints. Just good brass.
In .308 it outlasts lappua brass by as much as 5 reloads
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Norma made some of the early Weatherby ammo and brass as well. - dan
 
PRVI brass is decent, it’s just harder then a whores heart I find.

Winchester has always been noticeably thinner, which works works well for my black powder loads in my Sharps.

Everything else, I haven’t reloaded the cases enough to tell a difference.
 
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