New custom, NO brass to be had!
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What company has stopped selling to the bigger distributors?
Explanation you ask? Simple... Government and News reports spreading Covid fear propaganda and forcing it down everyone's throats 600 times a day! Millions of folks forced out of work...make that 10s of Millions in North America alone. What happened first? Every single roll of TOILET PAPER AND PAPER PRODUCT you could wipe your @$$ with disappeared...Diarreah isn't a symptom. I never stockpiled TP. But with my bullets I could take your TP....and this is the start of the results of hysteria!
I wonder how many people have taken up reloading as part of their "prepping" for whatever or as to @skipglow to protect their TP stash! Add another 10 million reloaders into mix and components get sucked up fast! Who eeds TP anyway I have white pines in yard. OUCH!
I totally, 100% agree with everything that you have written here. Yesterday 50,000 jobs for those who work in the fossil fuel industry were wiped out with one svelte swoop of a pen!! And that was this new president who is going to unite the country!! And....this is just the beginning. And..................we're hijacking this thread away, perhaps we can start another thread just on this subject alone. Totally agree with your analogy of the situation.
And a shower or tub beside every toilet! Sounds to me like a S***Ty thing to do to a white pine though!
Another Casual
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Weird, I've seen 280ai at the local sportsmans warehouses and Murdoch's in Colorado, so somebody did a run recently
Stop rubbing it in Bee....we generally aren't that well liked to begin with...
and ohhhh yeah...anyone South need 10,000 primers?
freddiej
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Okay Y'all here is deal I am going to make everyone on this site. I have several larger boxes of mixed brass in my shop. I have 30-06, 270 win, 280 rem, 25-06, 308, 7-08, 260, 284 win, 303 brit (boxer primed), 223, 221 fireball, 222, 17 Mach 4, multiple calibers of revolver and pistol. I ahve already separated out the 30-06 based cases
if you PM me with what you want, I will look and separate out that caliber and give you a count and a price for the brass. I am not going to gouge anyone. the highest I will go is on the rarer brass for 50 cents per case. that is it.
if you PM me with what you want, I will look and separate out that caliber and give you a count and a price for the brass. I am not going to gouge anyone. the highest I will go is on the rarer brass for 50 cents per case. that is it.
Graf & Sons shows having 280 Peterson brass (Bulk- 500) in stock. Load them, shot, and they will fire form. I had a 280AI and that is what I did for it.
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Peterson Brass 280 Remington Unprimed Bulk Box of 500 - Graf & Sons
This is a Bulk package of Peterson Cartridge casings, they will not come in one of their plastic ammo boxes. Made in the U.S.A. Warning: Only use Peterson Cartridge Co. casings in firearms in good condition, designed, marked, and chambered for this cartridge. Do not use Peterson Cartridge...
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RiverShooter
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Just received 2 boxes of standard 280 Rem Peterson brass from Graf and Sons this past week.
270Win would be an easy one to load for your 280AI. I'd give 25-06 a shot too. 30-06 should pretty easy to find as well. Don't focus on the headstamp on the case and be careful if you mix brass as some -06 cases are slightly longer than others. You 280AI should be fine with either though as should be using the longer -06 case. The slightly shorter case options should be benign in your rifle.
That's a big part of the reason I like xx-06 family of rounds which for me includes a 25-06, 280 Rem, and 338-06.
Study some on it, fireforming isn't hard at all. Due to the time expense and barrel wear I'd only do it with top shelf brass in hopes of best life and consistency.
Read up on the subject but I believe 270 win and 280 rem will be your best brass choices. If you use 25 or 30-06 they may be too short for your needs.
Also, it sounds like you're sourcing assorted brass. If so, it could effect your ES and worst case if loaded hot could be dangerous due to differences in internal capacity from one make to the next.
My opinion, source 25-100 rounds of the same make and lot in 270 or 280, buy some cheap bullets and have fun fireforming.
Read up on the subject but I believe 270 win and 280 rem will be your best brass choices. If you use 25 or 30-06 they may be too short for your needs.
Also, it sounds like you're sourcing assorted brass. If so, it could effect your ES and worst case if loaded hot could be dangerous due to differences in internal capacity from one make to the next.
My opinion, source 25-100 rounds of the same make and lot in 270 or 280, buy some cheap bullets and have fun fireforming.
Fire forming some factory 280 Remington might be an option too if you find any in stock.
My 338-06 is an AI so, in a pinch I have no issue grabbing a box of 338-06 A-Square (30-06 with a simple conversion to a .338 neck) and using that instead. In the end, I have more 338-06AI brass so it joins the existing brass at the reloading station. In reality, though, once fired 30-06 brass is plentiful around where I live so, a 6-pack of local beer for a baggy of freshly shot brass is an easy trade for me at the end of the day when packing up to go home.
My 338-06 is an AI so, in a pinch I have no issue grabbing a box of 338-06 A-Square (30-06 with a simple conversion to a .338 neck) and using that instead. In the end, I have more 338-06AI brass so it joins the existing brass at the reloading station. In reality, though, once fired 30-06 brass is plentiful around where I live so, a 6-pack of local beer for a baggy of freshly shot brass is an easy trade for me at the end of the day when packing up to go home.
