So may people now are of the school of thought that if it ain't Lapua, it isn't "quality" brass. (Don't get me wrong, I too, think it is quality brass, but have only used it over the past ten years, and not exclusively)
Such a shame as there is good (and bad) brass made by every manufacturer.
I know when I was first getting into reloading over 30 years ago, Norma was considered my most of the people I knew that were into reloading, as the best. It is quality brass.
Remington was good, but most of them considered it soft, and Winchester was the better choice.
As Boo mentioned above, I too, used a lot of Federal once fired brass from factory ammo fired in my rifles, to neck size and develop loads for my rifles. My practice was, and still is for the most part, to buy several different brands of factory ammunition loaded with bullets of my preferred choice of bullet weight and manufacturer, such as Nosler Partition, Ballistic Tip and AccuBond, and Sierra SGK. I still keep that brass for working up loads in my rifles.
I have also used Hornady, Weatherby and Nosler brass, with good results. I do like that the Nosler brass is case prepped already. I also have some properly headstamped Quality Cartridge brass for my 250AI and 416 Taylor. Limited experience with it to date, but so far, all is good.
If you are going to the "enth" degree in your reloading practices like benchrest competition shooters do, then weight sorting and checking for runout, neck thickness and web thickness, then there are probably some manufacturers that have tighter tolerances than others, and may be considered by some as better or higher "quality".
For the rest of us, most brass available is suitable for your normal hunting and shooting needs.
RJ 
