7 Mag Brass ??? Which one

[Dick Tinsley]

For what it's worth, the load I'm shooting is 71grn,H-1000,cci 250 mag primers,win brass. Sometimes I use Remington brass, really can't tell a differance! This is with the Berger 168 VLD. Just my two cents!

Dick

 

[jcmckinney1]

What kind of groupings with the various powders. I shot IMR 7828 in my 270 WSM and it did very well.

 

[SDVIC25]

i Have been using Winchester brass for two years now and haven't any problems with the 168's.

Try H4831sc , my R700 loves 65.5grns H4831sc and the 168 hunting bergers liked about 100off lands.

MV was around 2975

MOA to 800 no problem.

 

[Dick Tinsley]

Many years ago, before so many powders come out another good powder for a 7mm was IMR 4350. the load I was using was 64grn,CCI 250 mag primer,Winchester brass. I used this in a Remington Sendero(26"barrel). this was before Berger started making bullets like they do now. I was shooting a Sierria 160 Game King. it shot 1/2 in an better(depending on me)! Today with technology, I havnt seen a 7mm mag that doesn't like H-1000. As far as brass goes,(all I have is Winchester an Remington) I havnt seen that big of a difference. guess later i'll try other brass . Just my 2cts


DT

 

[7 loader]

What kind of groupings with the various powders. I shot IMR 7828 in my 270 WSM and it did very well.

1 in or better groups at 200 yds.

 

[jcmckinney1]

Thank you for the info.

 

[shawnb]

i was using norma cases religiously for 2 years but it started getting expensive having primer pockets loosen after 3 reloads (norma here is $250/100) and they werent max loads. hot but not max. i switched to winchester a few months back and and happy i did ($45/50) it takes a little more case prep but thats the fun of reloading for me. i have 3 reloads on the first 20 cases and the pockets are still nice and tight. i annealed the cases after the first loads ran through and they are looking better than my norma cases were.

 

[jcmckinney1]

Great info and thanks. I am going to go with Win Brass and spend a little extra time on the case prep. I am lucky I bought my 215M primers when I did. I cannot find any out there.

 

[Lrt307]

I use Winchester brass. Generally get 7-10 firings out of the brass before its shot. I have used Remington & it seems okay also. I always weight sort my brass & most of the time there is only 2-3 pieces that are over 4.5 grams difference. I have used Nosler brass on both my .270 & 7 mag. That brass is 100% garbage in my opinion. The primer pockets are blown out in 1-2 firings with the loads I regularly run Winchester brass 7-10. I had one on a second firing leave the primer in the action after I ran the bolt to eject the shell. I guess if a guy wanted to change their proven load & load them down they might work but that doesn't work for me. 69.5 grains h-1000 .024 off the lands Berger 180 fed 215 primer shoots awesome in the cpg 7rem mag.

 

[deathwobble]

I used winchester nickel plated brass in my 30-06 for a year or so untill i could save some funds for some lapua brass. I was able to get around 10 loads on it as long as i annealed them every few loads or so. also the pockets never got loose I just figured it was time to toss them after ten loads. they were also very consistent in weight and h20 capcity compared to the standard winchester brass. oh ya and a lot easier to clean.