Roughwater
Well-Known Member
I purchased some Hornady 28 Nosler brass recently. Actually, The first Hornady brass I received I had attempted to purchase more than an month back but was on backorder and it had finally shipped a week ago. But I really just got around to checking it out. I was impressed with my first look.
I found it to have very good concentricity as I checked several out on my sinclair concentricity gauge.
The several I checked read less than .001 on the end of the neck. Next I checked the trim length. It was a very consistent 2.580. That made me happy as well as I have only been able to find Nosler brass previously and it has been trimmed inconsistently at around 2.575. All the other calibers I load for I trim .010 down from max Sammi specs. The max Sammi for the 28N case is 2.590. I know Noslers recommended trim length is actually 2.575 but I have no Idea why since again, all other brass even magnum calibers like the RUM brass is trimmed .010 back from max. But what really sold me was how hard the primers seated in the Hornady brass. I load my primers by hand with a RCBS priming tool and it took a good deal more pressure to seat them in the Hornady brass. Just to verify, I followed up buy seating the same primer (215M) just to make sure I wasn't exagerating, and sure enough the primer seated much easier in the new nosler brass. I have no way to accurately measure the primer pockets but I would much prefer my primers seat more tightly like they do with the Hornady brass. Now I am hoping the Hornady brass will be a little harder as well as my impression in shooting with the Nosler brass is that it may be softer than is best with a magnum case. I'll soon know. This was all very encouraging to me so I went out and bought 2 more boxes of the Hornady brass before other folks realize and it be all sold out. I found that Both Grafs and Midway stock it. Grafs is slightly less expensive but I if you are looking for the best overall price see also check shipping costs for each.
I found it to have very good concentricity as I checked several out on my sinclair concentricity gauge.
The several I checked read less than .001 on the end of the neck. Next I checked the trim length. It was a very consistent 2.580. That made me happy as well as I have only been able to find Nosler brass previously and it has been trimmed inconsistently at around 2.575. All the other calibers I load for I trim .010 down from max Sammi specs. The max Sammi for the 28N case is 2.590. I know Noslers recommended trim length is actually 2.575 but I have no Idea why since again, all other brass even magnum calibers like the RUM brass is trimmed .010 back from max. But what really sold me was how hard the primers seated in the Hornady brass. I load my primers by hand with a RCBS priming tool and it took a good deal more pressure to seat them in the Hornady brass. Just to verify, I followed up buy seating the same primer (215M) just to make sure I wasn't exagerating, and sure enough the primer seated much easier in the new nosler brass. I have no way to accurately measure the primer pockets but I would much prefer my primers seat more tightly like they do with the Hornady brass. Now I am hoping the Hornady brass will be a little harder as well as my impression in shooting with the Nosler brass is that it may be softer than is best with a magnum case. I'll soon know. This was all very encouraging to me so I went out and bought 2 more boxes of the Hornady brass before other folks realize and it be all sold out. I found that Both Grafs and Midway stock it. Grafs is slightly less expensive but I if you are looking for the best overall price see also check shipping costs for each.