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<blockquote data-quote="lancetkenyon" data-source="post: 1437415" data-attributes="member: 68875"><p>Lapua is hard to beat in anything they offer. Seems to last a good while too. Usually within 1 grain across 100 pieces, and lot to lot is very consistent too.</p><p></p><p>While I like Nosler brass for it's out of the box quality, I have found that if you run hot loads, the head seems fairly soft, and you can lose primer pockets fairly quickly. Also, I have found in many cartridges, the virgin brass you can buy has a 20-30 grain weight difference than the factory loaded ammo brass. Meaning you can't interchange the two. For example, Nosler virgin brass in 7RM can weigh 215gr. and factory loaded ammo brass will weigh 240gr. I have found this on a lot of different cartridges. </p><p> </p><p>Norma, even though they make Nosler brass, seems harder than Nosler, so they seem to last longer.</p><p></p><p>I have not tried any, but many are saying Alpha is really good. Has higher brass content, for slightly less case capacity, so be careful using previous load data when switching to Alpha. You could get overpressure.</p><p></p><p>Remington, once you weight sort and cull the oddballs, to me, have lasted a LONG time. I have some .243 (resized and formed to 6.5 SLR), that some have over 10 firings on. And some .300RUM (always loaded hot) that have 8-9 firings on some. But you can get 300, weight sort them, and cull maybe 40 that are out of 3 grains difference, and still be half the cost of 200 cases of Lapua. </p><p></p><p>Winchester is similar to Remington.</p><p></p><p>I hate Hornady brass. </p><p></p><p>Federal seems to have higher brass content, meaning less case capacity in the same cartridge than others (except Alpha). Neven been a huge fan of Federal, but no reason in particular.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lancetkenyon, post: 1437415, member: 68875"] Lapua is hard to beat in anything they offer. Seems to last a good while too. Usually within 1 grain across 100 pieces, and lot to lot is very consistent too. While I like Nosler brass for it's out of the box quality, I have found that if you run hot loads, the head seems fairly soft, and you can lose primer pockets fairly quickly. Also, I have found in many cartridges, the virgin brass you can buy has a 20-30 grain weight difference than the factory loaded ammo brass. Meaning you can't interchange the two. For example, Nosler virgin brass in 7RM can weigh 215gr. and factory loaded ammo brass will weigh 240gr. I have found this on a lot of different cartridges. Norma, even though they make Nosler brass, seems harder than Nosler, so they seem to last longer. I have not tried any, but many are saying Alpha is really good. Has higher brass content, for slightly less case capacity, so be careful using previous load data when switching to Alpha. You could get overpressure. Remington, once you weight sort and cull the oddballs, to me, have lasted a LONG time. I have some .243 (resized and formed to 6.5 SLR), that some have over 10 firings on. And some .300RUM (always loaded hot) that have 8-9 firings on some. But you can get 300, weight sort them, and cull maybe 40 that are out of 3 grains difference, and still be half the cost of 200 cases of Lapua. Winchester is similar to Remington. I hate Hornady brass. Federal seems to have higher brass content, meaning less case capacity in the same cartridge than others (except Alpha). Neven been a huge fan of Federal, but no reason in particular. [/QUOTE]
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