270 Brass sorting

[RB II]

Order of quality for these 270 brass brands question. This likely could be applied to all of the "older" cartridges. 30-06, 243, etc.

Please order these in best to worst (top 3 if not all:
R-P
Winchester
W-W Super(is it the same as Winchester)
F-C
Hornady
Frontier
Sierra
Thanks

 

[Fullbore92]

1.WW
2.RP
3.Hornady
Not a fan of any of them really but had my best luck WW brass out of the brands listed.

 

[lancetkenyon]

Peterson
Norma
Starline
Rem
Win (or W-W Super)

I don't like Hornady or Federal brass at all.

Not sure who makes Sierra headstamped brass. I have heard Rem, Fed or Starline.

Frontier is old Hornady. See above.

 

[RB II]

I guess next question if R-P is intermingled with W-W/Win, are they close enough alike that the difference in the result is minute based on that one component being different?
Obviously this is for a WT hunting rifle. Maybe 400 yd shot. While premium accuracy is always the goal, bench rest accuracy not required.

As always, thanks for sharing your experience/knowledge.

 

[Randy Tidwell]

Personally never mix brass. Consistently is the game.

Of the brass you listed, the only one I would use is Winchester.

Back in the day before some of the quality brass came out, Winchester was the only one I used.

The early Frontier wasn't too bad.

JMHO

 

[Tiny Tim]

-WW (and Super X)
-Remington
I'd place these two in a close tie. Not much experience with the others. I wouldn't mix brands as the brass properties will likely be different enough to give differing results. If you already have these brands, you may be able to work up individuals loads with each brand that are similar enough to treat as the same at those ranges.

 

[Lionel Boyd Johnson]

I guess next question if R-P is intermingled with W-W/Win, are they close enough alike that the difference in the result is minute based on that one component being different?
Obviously this is for a WT hunting rifle. Maybe 400 yd shot. While premium accuracy is always the goal, bench rest accuracy not required.

As always, thanks for sharing your experience/knowledge.

You will have to test Your brass in Your rifle to answer this question. I've tested My lots of WW vs. RP brass in one of My .308 Win and found that they shoot to the same POI at 200 yards. For my hunting that was just fine with me. BTW, both brands showed substantially equal accuracy at 200 yards - under 1 MOA. Yes, I do match prep all of my rifle brass.

 

[jemo4570]

Long before many brands of brass were readily available, the only option was to buy factory rounds and shoot them to get the brass. In my area, the only options were Remington and Winchester.
When I started reloading about 45 years ago, I had 30/06 and 45-70 Winchester cases split on firing the first reload.
This happened to about half of cases in each caliber.
I cut the split cases and measured the thickness against a Remington. The Winchester wall thickness was .002-.003 thinner.
I didn't care about case capacity, so I started using only Remington brass. I still subconsciously shy away from Winchester to this day (unless that's all I can find).

 

[thomasbangs]

I never mix brands of rifle brass or brass when loading for accuracy in centerfire revolvers. For calibers that I load a lot (.223 Rem,, 270 Win., 30-06, ) and a couple other calibers I also separate in lots of one hundred. I like the older Winchester brass, Remington brass, and Federal brass in that particular order. For the. 223 Remington (5.56 X 45) I have used lots of Lake City brass over the years, some lots are good, some are not, same thing can be said for Federal/Hornady. I do not like the newer Winchester brass (the last 10-15 years) as well as the older Winchester brass. There is better brass out there than the ones I mentioned Norma, Nosler are two, I have found that Starline is very good brass to load in some of my handgun calibers.

 

[RB II]

I have about 75 each of Winchester/W-W and R-P which is enough for hunting. So won't need to run them together.

As stated above, I will likely develop two different loads using one brass for each.

I have shot a 270 since the late '60s and will likely always own one. I have 3 now!!! Plus way too many other "new" calibers! I shot 5 different rifles yesterday working on loads or verifying old ones.

 

[Rosebud]

Pick out the one you have the most of. Out of what you posted I'm not sure it matters if you're hunting. They should be ok.
Knock out the primers polish them up and anneal. Maybe that will extend the life of them for a while.

PM me and I'll tell you how I anneal if you are unfamiliar with the process.

 

[3800fps]

WW…least amount of throw-aways
Nosler has had some good batches of brass…too expensive to be culling 10%
R-P needs lots of sorting…
Hornady is the worst for lopsided neck thickness….useable but not for top tier accuracy loads.

 

[spladi]

Order of quality for these 270 brass brands question. This likely could be applied to all of the "older" cartridges. 30-06, 243, etc.

Please order these in best to worst (top 3 if not all:
R-P
Winchester
W-W Super(is it the same as Winchester)
F-C
Hornady
Frontier
Sierra
Thanks

They all can be good, even PPU imported stuff if you do a little sorting of the same brass brands. Know your headspace requirements, debur the flash holes and square up the primer pockets and then trim and chamfer the ID of the necks and weight sort them + - 1/2 grain I think the biggest difference might be their ability to retain a tight primer pocket which depends on the pressure of the loaded round. If you have several types then shoot some, I wouldn't mix brands, so it's commonly said.

 

[Raudy707]

Definitely don't mix WW and RP. The Remington brass is considerably heavier. You will have to drop down a 0.5 to 1 grain vs Win brass. Otherwise you're going to see pressure signs spike and might even pop primers. I've shot wheelbarrow loads of both and Federal back in the day. Stick with one brand and use only those until their shot out. The Hornady will only get you 3 reloads and the primer pockets will be toast.