7 Mag Brass ??? Which one

[jcmckinney1]

I have a 7 Mag with the below specs.

Stiller Tac-300
Obermeyer 26" 1-8.75 twist

Looking for the best brass to use.

Will be using Berger 168 gr. VLD's; not sure on which powder.

 

[mrb1982]

I use Winchester. Probably the best stuff I have heard is the Norma stuff. Lapua doesn't make 7mag brass I don't think.

 

[rick523]

I use Hornady in my 7mag. and have had very good luck with it.

 

[Joe King]

I have hundreds of rem, win, hornady sitting in tupperware under my bench. And 100 Nosler in the loading blocks, I don't see the Nosler ever going under the bench.

 

[rick523]

I have hundreds of rem, win, hornady sitting in tupperware under my bench. And 100 Nosler in the loading blocks, I don't see the Nosler ever going under the bench.

Joe, if you have any Hornady 7 rem mag sitting under that bench that hasn't been fired give me a price and send it to In.

 

[wildhorse1]

have a new bag of federal brass. I did open and size about half of it. Would trade ya if interested. also have 50 once fired Hornady. pm if interested

 

[rick523]

PM sent.

 

[jcmckinney1]

So would you rank the brass as below.

1. Norma
2. Nosler
3. Winchester
4. Remington
5. Federal
6. ???

 

[Idaho Sawyer]

I really like norma and nosler. saying that, if you buy 100 win brass (the price of 50 nosler or norma), Weight sort it, clean necks, flash holes, etc. I feel you will have about 60-70 pieces of brass that is way more durable than nosler or norma.

 

[Joe King]

I haven't seen a meaningful difference in durability since I switched from Rem & win to Nosler If anything I've seen the opposite. What I did notice is that I do not have a need to sort Nosler brass,or debur, trim ect. It comes ready to run, just a visual inspection is all that required. My Win and Rem brass is sorted necks turned the whole 9 yards, Nosler didn't require any of that. so for me I look at it this way. I don't care for the tedious task of brass prep, so if another brand does that for me great!

 

[jcmckinney1]

Thank you for the feedback guys. Going to be working up a load for 168 gr. Bergers as well. I have Fed 215 Mag primers. Still researching what powder will give me the best results.

 

[sendero72]

Try H-1000 or Retumbo to start.

 

[7 loader]

HATE fed like Hornady. IMR 7828 not the best but good load for temp from 90 to 15 deg F.

 

[deathwobble]

nosler makes good stuff pretty consistant