Which brand of ready cartridges gives the best brass (9mm)

[coreyd]

Avoid Sumbro.

 

[saskcop]

Just about anything is good to go when it comes to 9mm - as long as it is brass.

 

[beltfed]

If you find RUAG 9mm brass cull it out as the primer pockets are undersized and will break the decapping pin on your die.
Luckily it isn’t found too often.

 

[MikeyScuba]

Sumbro x 3

 

[rw1009]

AVOID Sumbro x4

 

[polaris]

correct, though i get about 4-6 reloads from them before the primer pocket gets so loose the primers fall out with a tap.

Why would you waste your time and reload it.
9mm brass is plentiful and found on every range in the garbage buckets.
I must have several thousand brass, but never had to buy a single shell.

 

[easyrider604]

Federal (FC) and Speer are two brands that I believe to have the thinnest brass in the neck area.

A .356 Berry's Plated Hollow Point will hardly "bulge", as in increase, the outside diameter of FC and Speer cases. Whereas all other brands will show an obviously bulged case where the bullet is seated.

Hence there is less case neck tension with FC and Speer brass. I thought that may be an issue that would cause bullet set-back, with cartridges in the magazine, due to recoil.

So far, i have seen no evidence of bullet setback with medium-high power 9mm. I will load up some full power ammo and see if the recoil will result in set back.

 

[dirtybarry]

If you find RUAG 9mm brass cull it out as the primer pockets are undersized and will break the decapping pin on your die.
Luckily it isn’t found too often.

Learned this the hard way. As to the original question, I've done exactly that using mostly Federal AE because it was the most available/cheapest at the time. Up to 6 upper limit loadings before discarding it.
For range or commercially supplied brass, Winchester, CCI Blazer and Federal seem to be the most plentiful and all of them seem to work just fine.
For brass that I want to recover, I mark it on the head end with a coloured marker because it makes very easy to sort it on the spot and eliminates issues if someone is also trying to recover their own.

 

[Spawn-Inc]

Why would you waste your time and reload it.
9mm brass is plentiful and found on every range in the garbage buckets.
I must have several thousand brass, but never had to buy a single shell.

Not a waste of time, it reloads in the same amount of time as brass. I reloaded it because i could and it was boxer primed so it was easy. I've also reloaded aluminum and steel 45acp and aluminum 357mag.

 

[Northernfly]

I plan to buy ready cartridges for a while as my eventual source of brass. I've read here that there is good brass and crappy brass. I was wondering which brand of ammunition should I buy with an eye toward good brass. All I have in mind is American Eagle but only because I'm aware of this brand and it's not a JoeInTheBasement brand of ammo. This is for 9mm Parabellum and I'd like to get ammo of 124 gr or 115 gr bullets. Thanks.

For 9mm, PMC is the best brass I have reloaded with. Not noticeably better for 45ACP and 40S&W, but for 9mm it's excellent.
Contrary to other opinions, I really like reloading with S&B brass for 9mm as well. The primer pockets are a bit boxier/tighter, but hardly an issue. The brass is really good.
If you see any S&B that says Nontox, throw it away, it likes to break de-capping pins. For all intents and purposes, unreloadable.
Federal brass is my favorite for 45ACP, but with 9mm you will likely notice that you won't even feel it going in to the expander die; it seems pretty thin. That's not to say it's crappy brass (R-P and Win are pretty much the same), but I like to feel the brass being formed. Much like the S&B Nontox, if you see FC NT, Chuck em. The primers will pop out no prob, but good luck getting one back in.
Blazer has always been decent as well.