Alpha has dasher brass in stock right now.
Whats the best made brass today in order
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The others have your question pretty much covered, so I will add my opinion on what you didn't ask, which is the best budget brass right now.
For that, I would say Starline and, believe it or not, PPU. I use Starline for my 6.5 Grendel, 6.5 Creedmoor and .45 Colt. I use PPU for one of my 7-08s and my 7RM Browning BLR. Very good results with both.
For that, I would say Starline and, believe it or not, PPU. I use Starline for my 6.5 Grendel, 6.5 Creedmoor and .45 Colt. I use PPU for one of my 7-08s and my 7RM Browning BLR. Very good results with both.
I would leave Norma out of the equation, just too darn soft.
Lapua, RWS, AGD, and Alpha
Lapua, RWS, AGD, and Alpha
I thought that we purchased some Alpha Brass from another LRH member, but actually bought from ALPHA. It was $130.00 plus TAX and shipping so almost $150.00 for 100 pieces of Alpha OCD brass in a real nice BOX.
Well BRASS is getting real expensive if you can find what you want.
This Brass was the last component for a 6mm Dasher Build. Now all we have to do is chamber the Barrel. Either a Krieger 1.25" 30"+ straight or a 28" Match Taper MPA SS barrel.
Bing Bing Bing!!!
Patton243
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Lapua is my favorite. You folks that put Peterson on your lists are fools IMO. I've had several issues with Peterson brass, and not to mention they don't stand behind their products either. The brass looks great coming out of the box, but after you shoot it a few times you quickly realize the metal is junk IMO. When a management team tells me I need to anneal my cases after each firing to not split necks they can kiss my you know what. Meanwhile I can shoot Lapua brass 8-10x without annealing once.
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Lapua, peterson, adg, alpha is supposed to be great but I've got no experience. My favorite is lapua.
7Rum Slayer
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Lapua
ADG
Norma
Nosler
Remington
Hornady
I just purchased 100 Peterson brass for my Boy's 280 AI and I bet it will make the top 3 on my list, hope to try soon. Jason
ADG
Norma
Nosler
Remington
Hornady
I just purchased 100 Peterson brass for my Boy's 280 AI and I bet it will make the top 3 on my list, hope to try soon. Jason
Try not to make a really bad review of a product. Some Brass does need to be Annealed and it doesn't matter how well the brass is manufactured if not properly prepping the Brass or overloading it for HOT loads.
Not to say you had hot loads and you may have had a bad batch of Brass. Many of us have very good results with Peterson Brass.
7Rum Slayer
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That's not what I wanted to hear.... What calibers you try? I've heard great thing about the Peterson 280 AI brass so I'm curious.
Peterson, ADG, Lapua
These are by far the three best in any order. Those that threw out Norma and Nolser brass must not do a lot of reloading. The factory brass offerings (win,rem,hor) are last resorts when better brass is not available. Starline is great for straight walls(38-.45-70)
These are by far the three best in any order. Those that threw out Norma and Nolser brass must not do a lot of reloading. The factory brass offerings (win,rem,hor) are last resorts when better brass is not available. Starline is great for straight walls(38-.45-70)
GSRetrievers
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I remember back when the edge first came out, Remington 300rum brass got scarce around here and if you found some, it was like getting your hands on gm 215m primers today.
Phil Rizzo
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I've used Peterson in 7prc and in 280AI necked down and blown out to 25 Sherman LA in the past year.
It's tough and consistent so far in those anyhow.
Looks like it's getting available in more places now also.
It appears tougher than ADG in my opinion, going by my normal practices.
It's tough and consistent so far in those anyhow.
Looks like it's getting available in more places now also.
It appears tougher than ADG in my opinion, going by my normal practices.
Patton243
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I've used several; 280, 6x47 lapua, 6mm Creedmoor come to mind as I'm typing this. All of them I had issues with after a few firings. Mainly case necks splitting. NONE of the loads were hot either. I usually go with moderate loads from IMR or Nosler resources, so that's not an issue. The brass is fine after 1 firing, but once you get to the second or third you'll see issues. I don't have time to anneal cases after every other firing either. I'm not competition shooting. When a management team tries to blame my resizer and not annealing after each firing they can blow themselves. Not to mention they never even provided me with a new box when I requested it after several of their cases failed with photographs and EVEN sending some into the mail for them to inspect themselves. If you're satisfied with losing several cases after 2-3 firings then buy Peterson. However, when Lapua is on stock I buy that instead.
Huntnful
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Agree, and Lapua being slightly better. But they both are superior to Peterson or Norma for sure.
