Rem brass is beat up when you buy it. A lot more than most of the others anyway. You are loading at dangerous pressures if you are having trouble with win brass pockets. I've got around 2000 rounds of it between different calibers, and it's all been good. Most people who hate a certain brass either had one bad bag so they are afraid of it, or they didn't bother to work up the load(their screw up, not the brass) and blew a few primer pockets being unsafe.I've only run win and rem brass in my 7 mag. Although I've never had a split case with either brand, I'm going to make the call that win brass is the WORST that money can buy. The 3 "strikes" that put it out (as compared to rem) are:
Win brass is less consistent.
Win brass stretches more, requiring more trimming.
Win brass has weak primer pockets, which stretch out to where the primers could fall out, after only a few reloadings.
I am having some trouble understanding exactly what was meant by the reply about rem brass getting beat-up in transit though. Doesn't the poster transport his rounds in cases that encase each individual round with plastic, on all sides?
I'm also having trouble understanding why the higher-volume (thicker sides, I would presume - or is it just that the base runs deeper into the case?) norma cases (meaning they have LESS internal volume) need an additional grain of the exact same powder, to get the same velocity as other brands of cases. I don't currently have any norma brass that I know of. But I'm wondering, is ALL norma brass plated? If so, that may be the reason WHY it is better than other brands of cases, right?
Some federal brass can be purchased new, but it's hard to find. Natchez shooter supply carries it, but as of today it's out of stock in 7 mag.Well I just finished reloading about 120 rounds of 2x fired Federal brass.
No issues with any of the cases.
Most was load development during the second firing from once factory ammo. I didn't see any pressure signs with any of it.
Picked a 68.8 grain load to be most acurate (69.5 of H1000 was max with Berger 168's, .010" off the lands) Seeing an average of 2950fps across the chrono. .75" groups.
Should I look an anealing the brass soon?
Because I only have about 120 pieces of brass, should I look for some Norma.
An even better option I guess would be to find some Federel brass.
Can it be purchased new?
They still have a web site. I haven't shot pmc other than shotshell in years. Good brass in 300 win, but I don't know if all cals are good.A little off topic but what ever happened to PMC brass? I have some some which was manufactured in Korea and they seem to one of the better cases I have used. These were also factory annealed and are now on there 5th firing.