worried about ppu brass

[GW Hunter]

I'm loading for a buddies 7mm rem mag (savage factory rifle). He needed new brass because the primer pockets in his hornady brass became loose after 3 firings. All he could find was Prvi Partizan brass. First thing I did was measure neck walls and couldn't believe how bad they were considering most reviews I saw were pretty good regarding the brand. All of them were .0100" at their thinnest and some up to .0135" at the thickest. I skimmed turned them to even that out a bit and now I am worried that may have been a mistake. When I ran them through his standard RCBS die to be able to set neck tension, the brass didn't make any contact. The neck dimensions didn't change. Right now the neck tension is .002". Once these get fired and resized I'm worried that the tension will be less than that using this die. Any opinions are appreciated. Thanks...

 

[GLTaylor]

About all you can do now is get a bushing die and go smaller on the bushing.

 

[GW Hunter]

Yea, figured... not sure what else I would expect to hear. lol... Need to convince him track down better quality brass also...

 

[cohunt]

Ppu is decent brass if you are willing to spend time on it--- its pretty hard brass, I had over 8 loads on my 7rm brass with no issues. But it's thicker than others so start low and work up

 

[FEENIX]

Ppu is decent brass if you are willing to spend time on it--- its pretty hard brass, I had over 8 loads on my 7rm brass with no issues. But it's thicker than others so start low and work up

Yep! I had a pretty good experience with them in .270 Win and will be using them in my .264 WM.

 

[GW Hunter]

Such thin necks though....

 

[P7M13]

Such thin necks though....

It's as if you're talking about politicians or the soy-bois here in Portland.

I've never measured the necks on my PPU, as it has always loaded and shot well (6.5x55, 7mm-08).

 

[dartem]

PPU has always been good brass for me, surviving multiple reloading cycles in .308 and 30/06.
Maybe a bad batch perhaps?

 

[Kendoist4162]

I've used PPU brass in .300 WM quite a bit and haven't had any real issues if I don't load them super hot. I usually get 5-6 loads out of a piece before the primer pockets stretches out. Rarely had split necks and the ones I did have were in my Petra. Just my experience tho. YMMV

 

[Dean2]

Have used PPU brass in 22H, 7x57, 7x57R, 7x64R, 9.3x62, 308 and 30-06. It was all very good brass and has lasted really well. I even used it ti neck down to 17HH because it made WAY better brass than Hornady factory stuff. I have never necked turned any of it and I don't anneal except for reformed brass, and I pretty much neck size everything. I have 22 H with 15 firings and 7x57 that is going on 10. I have some 308 that is on 12 firings, also have Lapua brass and the group sizes don't improve any with the Lapua brass in the same gun. Don't see the point in paying triple when it doesn't show up on the target.

 

[lotech]

I've found PPU 7mm Remington brass to be of good quality, but...it was 14% heavier than Winchester brass and I had to adjust the powder charge down (about 1.5 grs. or so with H4831) to get the same velocity I was getting with Winchester. This is based on one batch of 50 new cases only. I don't know if all their brass is heavy.

 

[Dean2]

I've found PPU 7mm Remington brass to be of good quality, but...it was 14% heavier than Winchester brass and I had to adjust the powder charge down (about 1.5 grs. or so with H4831) to get the same velocity I was getting with Winchester. This is based on one batch of 50 new cases only. I don't know if all their brass is heavy.

It is. Capacity tends to be less and thicker brass. I think that is part of why it lasts so long. Lapua brass tends to be close in weight and internal capacity to PPU.