Who's brass do you like, and don't like.
 

Was looking at Cabelas and all the reloading stuff is on sale, I need some brass and usually buy Hornady, but it's expensive. Winchester and Remington is half the price of Hornady, but hows the quality?

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There's lots of opinions on brass.....as far as I'm concerned the only bad brass said "HERTERS"

Hornady makes usually hard to find brass.....

Winchester and Remington make fully usable brass IMO

Cheap is good!!!

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So far I’ve used Remington brass with no complaints.

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same here, but the only new brass i've bought for my 7mmstw is win.

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well, I prefer Winchester brass... just because I like having only one brand of brass rolling around in the spent bucket or whatever I'm storing them in waiting for the tumbler...

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Federal my favorite but soft. Nice consistent necks.
Winchester has been nice.

Remington, sometimes is good. But these days its so dinged up, I hate it. Once I get them sorted, and necks right, they are good.

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That’s one thing for sure, I do lots of work to get the Remington brass ready for reloading.

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Trailer if you can get the ones that are packed in cardboard they are pretty good shape. My complaint was with my 300RUM brass. Rudest brass I ever seen. Thats all the new remington brass I have bought in the last 2 years. Since then its been winchester, and federal. Maybe the RUM brass is so big, its hard to manufacture?

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BC, I’ve never seen the brass packaged in cardboard but I will keep my eyes open for some just in case. All the brass I’ve seen is in plastic bags. Two years ago I ordered some brass and I couldn’t believe what the new brass looked like for my 350 Rem. mag. I mentioned it before paying for it and they said that all the Remington brass was like that , and all this time I thought it was virgin brass.

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Maybe they don't package like that anymore. But I got some winchester 45-70 brass the other day in the bag, and it doesn't look like someone steped on it. I might call remington. Might get some compensation but I ain't holdin my breath.

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Good Luck...

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Norma!

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I like Norma, RWS, Winchester, and Remington brass as well as U.S. GI Match cases. I haven't tried the Hornady stuff, but in some military calibers, (such as7.7 Jap, 7.65X53 Argentine, 6.5X50 Arisaka, 6.5X52 Carcano, 7.5X55 Swiss, etc.,) it is the only game in town, unless you want to pay triple for Norma brass in these calibers. Graf's sells brass in the same calibers, but I think it is Hornady. Lapua makes excellent brass also. I have not tried S&B or Hirtenberger, but have seen some negative comments about these two brands.

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I like Lapua brass. Cross section and compare it with anything else and you'll see why.

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I've found Winchester cases to be the most consistent and better made. When prepped properly, IMHO, there is none better. And a whole lot of 'em that are alot worse.

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I prefer Norma brass over all others. You can take Winchester or Remington brass- sort it by weight, outside neck turn it, ream the flash holes and primer pockets, etc; and make it as good as Norma. Or just pay about 50% more for the Norma.And Federal brass?? I wouldn't risk injury to my back to bend over and pick it up. Roscoe

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I use Winchester and Remington brass if I buy new. Never had any problems with it. I would like to get to trying some Norma or Lapua brass eventually.

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Recently tried some Lapua brass...not the cheapest but that's what I'll be buying whenever it's in the caliber I need!!!

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crimedog, check out Wholesale Hunters price on Hornady brass. Much more reasonable than Cabela's.

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I have almost all Winchester brass in the countless pieces of .45 and .308 next to my reloading cabinet.

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I use Remington brass and have no complaints.

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My preference is Lapua, Norma and Winchester in that order. I recently bought some Nosler brass which comes prepped and weight sorted to +/- .5 grs. I haven't had a chance to use it yet, but I measured neck thickness on a few cases and they were very consistent, so I'm anxious to give it a try.

I've tried RWS and didn't particularly like this brand. I haven't used Remington in a few years and have no desire to.

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I loathe Rem and Hornady brass. I don't know why, but it never seems to clean up as well as Win. I'd like to try some Norma or Lapua one of these days.

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I like Hornady the best, but Winchester is a close second. Like others have mentioned, my Remington brass has required a lot of work. The cases have been dinged and some of the boxes I had to polish before I ever put a load through them.

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Goodness, I am the only one that loves federal match brass. Too soft for everyone?

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I don't guess I've ever run across any Federal brass.

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Bought some Winchester factory .22-250 rounds (20 per box) and noticed the split in the necks after one shot. Did not have that probem with the Remington Core-Lokt I bought. Maybe a bad batch of Winchester brass.

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I'm looking at going that route. I think it's worth the extra cost. Nobody could answer the question I posed on brass so I will look at Norma.

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Rem., Fed., Win., and Starline are my preferred brass. The only brass I will not use is Amer- brass [:'(]. The cases are springy and do no resize well. Most are fine though. ;)

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True, they don't sell it. I know of an amorer that gets me once fired.

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Norma is my Favorite but Winchester is what I use the most. The Norma is to expensive.

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Just a question here. Have any of you guys ever ran across 2 pieces of Remington brass that have the exact same measurements? I dont think I have had 2 pieces the same length yet...lol. With the Federals at seems they are all identical.

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Well, after neck turning, and then sorting by wieght, and then trimming and fireforming, your rem brass should be pretty close

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I am partial to Federal brass myself.Winchester seems softer,and does have more volume than federal.Military is nice for certain types of reloading though,and the price is cheap. vangunsmith

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I get MOA or better accuracy out of my 7mm-08 with almost every bullet type I've tried and all I've ever used is Remington brass. Can other makes of brass improve accuracy or are you just looking at getting more reloads out of it?

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