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Reloading
Brass manufacturer difference?
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<blockquote data-quote="planetwaves" data-source="post: 1667813" data-attributes="member: 84697"><p>40 years ago when I first started reloading, I had accumulated a large stash of Winchester and Federal brass from factory ammo. Back then they worked fine. But when it came time to buy new brass, I tried Nosler and Hornady. Nosler could be loaded with no prep, but Hornady required fl resize, trim, flash hole cleaning. Noticed a 70 FPS average difference between the two boxes of Hornady and a quite large spread in FPS within each box (same load). Whereas Nosler was consistent between boxes and much smaller spread than Hornady. So have stayed with Nosler. </p><p></p><p>A couple of years ago, I bought a new rifle and bought some Winchester ballistic silver tip factory ammo in the nickel cases to break in the barrel. Not impressed with the ammo, but proceeded to reload the cases. Several were deformed at the bottom and would not fit the shell holder so we're discarded Also the neck thickness was lopsided on most cases (one side significantly thinner than the other). I decided they were not worth trying to salvage so dropped them into the brass recycling bin at the range. If that is representative of Winchester brass, I'll pass.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="planetwaves, post: 1667813, member: 84697"] 40 years ago when I first started reloading, I had accumulated a large stash of Winchester and Federal brass from factory ammo. Back then they worked fine. But when it came time to buy new brass, I tried Nosler and Hornady. Nosler could be loaded with no prep, but Hornady required fl resize, trim, flash hole cleaning. Noticed a 70 FPS average difference between the two boxes of Hornady and a quite large spread in FPS within each box (same load). Whereas Nosler was consistent between boxes and much smaller spread than Hornady. So have stayed with Nosler. A couple of years ago, I bought a new rifle and bought some Winchester ballistic silver tip factory ammo in the nickel cases to break in the barrel. Not impressed with the ammo, but proceeded to reload the cases. Several were deformed at the bottom and would not fit the shell holder so we’re discarded Also the neck thickness was lopsided on most cases (one side significantly thinner than the other). I decided they were not worth trying to salvage so dropped them into the brass recycling bin at the range. If that is representative of Winchester brass, I’ll pass. [/QUOTE]
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