PPU Brass
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redbirddog
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I have a different view. I toss out all PPU brass.
I hate it.
Its a soft brass, cases stretch all over the place.
Primer Pockets are very tight.
there are better choices out there
my 2 cents
specially in 223 its so cheap... you can get buckets of good stuff for little $$
I hate it.
Its a soft brass, cases stretch all over the place.
Primer Pockets are very tight.
there are better choices out there
my 2 cents
specially in 223 its so cheap... you can get buckets of good stuff for little $$
I run PPU in both my 223 and 300WM benchrest bolt guns. Works great, reloads great, zero problems. Not sure when it is going to quit. Over 15 reloads on most of the 400 brass of .223. I don't anneal. I full length resize, neck size, and trim to length every 3 or 4 reloads; bump neck 1.0 to 1.5 thou every reload. Primer pockets are still good. I only have 6 or 7 reloads on my 300WM but they are good too. Good brass in my opinion.
I buy new PPU brass for use in several chamberings including some where I do some case forming using it as base brass.I grab every piece of it I can find. I love it. I find the brass to be a nice fit between soft and hard with a leaning towards the hard side perhaps, I'm OK with that. Nice tight primer pockets which are fine with me, I have 1F Federal brass here with loose pockets before I even start handling it.
Are there better choices out there, not for me in my experience for the type of handloading and shooting I'm doing. Reasonably priced and very good quality in MY experience and MY opinion, others may have different mileage on the stuff.
Are there better choices out there, not for me in my experience for the type of handloading and shooting I'm doing. Reasonably priced and very good quality in MY experience and MY opinion, others may have different mileage on the stuff.
GunsNotPuns
CGN frequent flyer
I agree with you on all points. Just used some 8x57 PPU brass two days ago to make some 9.3x57 rounds, turned out great! I'll avoid Federal as best as I can as the primer pockets generally only last a couple reloads.
Primer pockets are tight? You ever use S&B brass?
Haha, a couple months ago I decided to load up some plinking rounds with cast lead bullets for my .45 with all the range brass I managed to acquire over a couple of years. There was about 350 cases, of which 30-40 were S&B. The first couple of times trying to seat a primer they just went in sideways. I managed to get a couple seated with the utmost care, but in the end just segregated the remainder and eventually just returned them to the brass bucket at the range. On top of being a tight squeeze, the S&B cases have "sharp" right angles where the primer sits, almost like the pocket needs a light chamfering so the primer lip doesn't get caught up on the base of the case.
