Lapua Brass

[CanMike]

Are you running the same loads for both? Or is there a difference due to the brass?

Im going to revive this thread as I am wondering what the load adjustment from Hornady going into Lapua would be for same speed?

Mike

 

[remington jim]

Very consistent. The only thing I’ve found to be more consistent was Alpha.
I also anneal every firing.

I'm using alpha in my 6 GT - Love it - But have not yet tried Lapua as it just became avail and i have lots of alpha - And i have Alpha for my New 65 CM too SRP - i have being using Lapua in it with no problems . I also anneal with a AMP after every firing ! BOTH are Excellent Brass ! jmo

 

[remington jim]

Salt bath? AMP? Torch?

AMP is the Best !

 

[Sniffer]

Im going to revive this thread as I am wondering what the load adjustment from Hornady going into Lapua would be for same speed?

Mike

When I went from Hornady brass to Lapua brass for 6.5CM I had to drop 0.3gr in powder to get the same result.

 

[Sniffer]

AMP is the Best !

Agreed.

Suspect a debate is incoming when someone reads this.......

 

[Sniffer]

I'm using alpha in my 6 GT - Love it - But have not yet tried Lapua as it just became avail and i have lots of alpha - And have Alpha it for my New 65 CM too SRP - i have being using Lapua in it with no problems . I also anneal with a AMP after every firing ! BOTH are Excellent Brass ! jmo

Annealing after every firing is the way to go.

It's fairly quick and easy and should yield better brass life and consistency.

 

[Chilly807]

When I went from Hornady brass to Lapua brass for 6.5CM I had to drop 0.3gr in powder to get the same result.

That's about what I'd expect, not so much the 0.3 grain, but a reduced charge in general. The Lapua is usually thicker than Hornady, the reduced volume means higher pressure = more speed.

 

[Chilly807]

Agreed.

Suspect a debate is incoming when someone reads this.......

Really? A debate about annealing? Whatever do you mean.. lol

 

[remington jim]

Agreed.

Suspect a debate is incoming when someone reads this.......

There is NO debating that AMP induction is the BEST ! The VERY best shooters use it for a reason ! I’m not saying Bar B Qing is not good or salt is not good BUT the Facts are induction is the Best and Safest Easiest too ! But most expensive also .

I will NOT get into a pissing contest over this - so no DEBATE from me ! GO ahead and believe what you want !

 

[savagelh]

I used the same charge and data in hornady brass with ginex primers that I use in lapua brass with ccibr2 primers and it was about 200fps slower. Not sure if it was the primers or brass that made such a difference but I'm going to do some more experiments.

 

[remington jim]

I used the same charge and data in hornady brass with ginex primers that I use in lapua brass with ccibr2 primers and it was about 200fps slower. Not sure if it was the primers or brass that made such a difference but I'm going to do some more experiments.

Just MHO but Ginex are Not quality primers ! I tried them with POOR results and gave them away !

 

[Sniffer]

There is NO debating that AMP induction is the BEST ! The VERY best shooters use it for a reason ! I’m not saying Bar B Qing is not good or salt is not good BUT the Facts are induction is the Best and Safest Easiest too ! But most expensive also .

I will NOT get into a pissing contest over this - so no DEBATE from me ! GO ahead and believe what you want !

I also have an AMP so I doubt you will get any arguments from me

 

[Sniffer]

Just MHO but Ginex are Not quality primers ! I tried them with POOR results and gave them away !

Ginex are cheap and kinda work for bulk (think 9mm or 223 plinking ammo if there were any rifles left to shoot it).

I will use them for 9mm but not for any kind of competition.

 

[savagelh]

Just MHO but Ginex are Not quality primers ! I tried them with POOR results and gave them away !

I had some good results with accuracy and very low sd numbers when I first tried them. I usually only use them for fire forming brass but once in a while try them out on a new load just to use them up.