Recommended brass for swiss arms

[nickorette]

I'll be reloading for my swiss arms once I get it. I hear it's really tough on brass, so is there any brass out there that can stand up to the swiss arms rifles, or am I better off just buying a bunch of cheap once fired brass, and throwing it out when it gets dinged up?

 

[NormB]

I'll be reloading for my swiss arms once I get it. I hear it's really tough on brass, so is there any brass out there that can stand up to the swiss arms rifles, or am I better off just buying a bunch of cheap once fired brass, and throwing it out when it gets dinged up?

Is it 7.5 Swiss? Most of this is Berdan primed and not easily reloadable.

But all is not lost. If you open the neck of a .284 Winchester brass to .308 and fire it in you rifle it makes good reloadable brass.

NormB

 

[beltfed]

I think he is refering to the Sig PE-90 esq. 'Black Special' etc.

I'll be reloading for my swiss arms once I get it. I hear it's really tough on brass, so is there any brass out there that can stand up to the swiss arms rifles,

No, brass is brass, it will mar all equally.

or am I better off just buying a bunch of cheap once fired brass, and throwing it out when it gets dinged up?

Yes, although if you can find it, you might manage to reload it a couple of times (I have).
There generally are two areas of concern: a slashing ding in the middle of the body, which isn't really a big deal as it mostly irons out in sizing, and the tendency for the extractor to rip into the base of the brass, which really screws it up. You will see varying amounts of the latter with different rifles.

 

[sunray]

"...my swiss arms..." Your Swiss Arms what?

 

[HeadDamage]

If we are talking about the .223 PE90 looking rifle then cheaper the better for brass as it kicks the #### out of it anyway. I feed mine the stuff that my AR15 will not digest.

 

[nickorette]

"...my swiss arms..." Your Swiss Arms what?

Swiss arms: Black special, Classic Green, Red Devil, Blue Star, Heavy Metal, CQB, Carbine, it doesn't matter. They are all equally rough on brass, and are the only firearms offered by swiss arms.

But I plan on going with a Black Special Target