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260 lapua brass?
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<blockquote data-quote="Engineering101" data-source="post: 935883" data-attributes="member: 63138"><p><span style="font-size: 12px">I shoot Lapua brass in a Savage LRP 260 Rem. I was very disappointed when I started loosing cases due to loose primer pockets after 1 firing. I lost about 25% of a lot of 100. I know Lapua's rep for good brass so I bought another 100 hoping that the first lot was an anomaly. I have fired 30 or so of the new lot but haven't reloaded any of them yet so don't know if this is a better lot. On depriming those thirty I did notice a few primer pockets that seemed a little loose so I am not optimistic. The loads I'm running are up near max but not over. No sticky bolt. Primers are flat but not excessively so.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">Nevertheless, the point that your gunsmith made is valid. 260 brass should handle a lot of reloads and I'm sure you could find a brand that lasts though I don't know if 20 reloads is achievable and I don't know if that brand would be Lapua. I have found that Remington brass in 338 RUM is crap but Remington brass in 300 RUM is just fine. Nosler brass in 338 RUM is great but in 260 Rem appears about like the Lapua. Go figure. It looks like Lapua might be one to stay away from in 260 Rem - though the jury is still out on that one. I have found Winchester brass (which is made of a tougher alloy) seems pretty resistant to loose primer pockets. The Winchester brass however is more prone to work hardening and therefore needs annealing more frequently. I'll likely get some 260 Rem Winchester brass next if this lot of Lapua is a bust.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Engineering101, post: 935883, member: 63138"] [SIZE=3]I shoot Lapua brass in a Savage LRP 260 Rem. I was very disappointed when I started loosing cases due to loose primer pockets after 1 firing. I lost about 25% of a lot of 100. I know Lapua's rep for good brass so I bought another 100 hoping that the first lot was an anomaly. I have fired 30 or so of the new lot but haven't reloaded any of them yet so don't know if this is a better lot. On depriming those thirty I did notice a few primer pockets that seemed a little loose so I am not optimistic. The loads I'm running are up near max but not over. No sticky bolt. Primers are flat but not excessively so.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Nevertheless, the point that your gunsmith made is valid. 260 brass should handle a lot of reloads and I'm sure you could find a brand that lasts though I don't know if 20 reloads is achievable and I don't know if that brand would be Lapua. I have found that Remington brass in 338 RUM is crap but Remington brass in 300 RUM is just fine. Nosler brass in 338 RUM is great but in 260 Rem appears about like the Lapua. Go figure. It looks like Lapua might be one to stay away from in 260 Rem - though the jury is still out on that one. I have found Winchester brass (which is made of a tougher alloy) seems pretty resistant to loose primer pockets. The Winchester brass however is more prone to work hardening and therefore needs annealing more frequently. I'll likely get some 260 Rem Winchester brass next if this lot of Lapua is a bust.[/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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