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Brass quality: Performance and Expectations
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<blockquote data-quote="Bbear" data-source="post: 1542333" data-attributes="member: 7898"><p>223/5.56 - Mostly PPU and Remington brass. Haven't weighed any of it, just load and shoot. I was on my 5th reload of the PPU and 6th on the Rem brass when the garage caught on fire and all went in the recycle bucket. </p><p></p><p>243 - Winchester - weighed about 30 pieces and found about a .2 - .3 gr weight difference. Still puts 5 inside of .5" with the 90 gr AB. Like the others, it's in the recycle pile. </p><p></p><p>25-06 - Ran Remington for many years. Was up to the 12th reload when necks started splitting. I did have a few start having primer pockets expanding starting around the 5 - 6th reload. Swapped it out for some Hornady and was up to my 3rd reload when the fire came along.</p><p></p><p>6.5x55 - Lapua brass was on it's first reload. Luckily, it was inside the house when the fire came. Haven't shot through all of the 100 rounds I've loaded for it just yet so, still on it's first loading.</p><p></p><p>7mm-08 - Ran PPU through 4 reloads before I tossed it. Some split necks (should have annealed) and primer pockets. Bought a new bag of PPU a LGS had and ended up taking it back. Of 50 cases, only 11 had primer pockets the correct size. Sold the gun so, won't need getting another batch of any sort of brass.</p><p></p><p>264 WM - Ran Winchester brass through 3 loadings so far. It was in the safe so wasn't damaged by the fire. I'll anneal before loading for the 4th time. I did run some Nosler brass and though it was great brass, I couldn't duplicate the accuracy and velocity of the Winchester. Just my rifle, I guess.</p><p></p><p>30-06 - ran some Federal that I got from factory. Trashed it after the first reload. Primer pockets mainly.</p><p></p><p>358 Winchester - Have tried military 308 necked up and had shots going all over the target. Went to Lapua and found a good load. Only gone through 2 loadings though. Also run some Hornady brass with very good accuracy but, a bit slower than the Lapua loads. </p><p></p><p>Yet to try - 25-06 brass necked up to 6.5 for my 256 Newton.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bbear, post: 1542333, member: 7898"] 223/5.56 - Mostly PPU and Remington brass. Haven't weighed any of it, just load and shoot. I was on my 5th reload of the PPU and 6th on the Rem brass when the garage caught on fire and all went in the recycle bucket. 243 - Winchester - weighed about 30 pieces and found about a .2 - .3 gr weight difference. Still puts 5 inside of .5" with the 90 gr AB. Like the others, it's in the recycle pile. 25-06 - Ran Remington for many years. Was up to the 12th reload when necks started splitting. I did have a few start having primer pockets expanding starting around the 5 - 6th reload. Swapped it out for some Hornady and was up to my 3rd reload when the fire came along. 6.5x55 - Lapua brass was on it's first reload. Luckily, it was inside the house when the fire came. Haven't shot through all of the 100 rounds I've loaded for it just yet so, still on it's first loading. 7mm-08 - Ran PPU through 4 reloads before I tossed it. Some split necks (should have annealed) and primer pockets. Bought a new bag of PPU a LGS had and ended up taking it back. Of 50 cases, only 11 had primer pockets the correct size. Sold the gun so, won't need getting another batch of any sort of brass. 264 WM - Ran Winchester brass through 3 loadings so far. It was in the safe so wasn't damaged by the fire. I'll anneal before loading for the 4th time. I did run some Nosler brass and though it was great brass, I couldn't duplicate the accuracy and velocity of the Winchester. Just my rifle, I guess. 30-06 - ran some Federal that I got from factory. Trashed it after the first reload. Primer pockets mainly. 358 Winchester - Have tried military 308 necked up and had shots going all over the target. Went to Lapua and found a good load. Only gone through 2 loadings though. Also run some Hornady brass with very good accuracy but, a bit slower than the Lapua loads. Yet to try - 25-06 brass necked up to 6.5 for my 256 Newton. [/QUOTE]
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