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Old 08-03-2022, 12:02 PM
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Default What is your favorite brass?

A question better phrased than the one I asked before.
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Old 08-03-2022, 12:09 PM
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What caliber ?

Free 5.56 LC once fired brass picked off Wilcox range at Pendleton wasn't a bad deal.

Putting expensive brass through an AK that chewed it up not a good deal.
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Old 08-03-2022, 12:11 PM
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What caliber ?

Free 5.56 LC once fired brass picked off Wilcox range at Pendleton wasn't a bad deal.

Putting expensive brass through an AK that chewed it up not a good deal.

Whatever is your favorite. Not sure it matters.
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Old 08-03-2022, 12:12 PM
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For precision rifle: Peterson. They are America's Lapua but better, in my opinion. Wish they made 6GT brass, maybe they will soon.

Peterson Cartridge - Match-Grade Brass Rifle Casings
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Old 08-03-2022, 12:16 PM
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For precision rifle: Peterson. They are America's Lapua but better, in my opinion. Wish they made 6GT brass, maybe they will soon.

Peterson Cartridge - Match-Grade Brass Rifle Casings

I've heard so many good things about Peterson. The company is definitely on my radar.
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Old 08-03-2022, 12:28 PM
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Free brass.
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Old 08-03-2022, 12:30 PM
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Starline is well priced and consistent, maybe not the best but better than most
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Lake City National Match (NM marked head stamp) 7.62x51mm for my M1A's .30 Government for the M1 Garands, long lasting Energizer Bunny of mag-fed, semi-auto brass and very consistent.

Lapua for the 6.5x47 and .308 Win. Palma, both use small rifle primers

Starline and Federal for plinking ammo
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Old 08-03-2022, 1:14 PM
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For precision rifle: Peterson. They are America's Lapua but better, in my opinion. Wish they made 6GT brass, maybe they will soon.

Peterson Cartridge - Match-Grade Brass Rifle Casings

I'm going to bite. I'm trying Petersen.
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Old 08-03-2022, 7:21 PM
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My *favorite* brass? Range pickups, in my case. At my range, almost nobody reloads, so the brass is virtually guaranteed to be once-fired. I love it.

If I had to buy brass? For handgun, it's Starline first, followed by Winchester. For rifle, it's Lapua. I haven't tried Peterson brass just yet, though once I get through my Lapua brass, I might give it a shot...so to speak. :-)
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I'm going to bite. I'm trying Petersen.
You will not be disappointed. I have peterson in 408, 308, 300 winmag, and 6xc
Never an issue.
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Old 08-03-2022, 10:27 PM
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If Peterson makes it that’s first choice.
Then Lapua
For really good but not match grade it’s Starline.
Then of course there’s range pickup which is not bad either.
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Haven't tried Peterson, but Lapua is my go-to.
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Old 08-05-2022, 10:33 AM
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For me, caliber doesn't matter as much as which rifle:

For 300 BO my own once fired (AR)

For 6.5 Grendel - Lapua since its been the easiest to get, doesn't matter the rifle the AR or bolt. AR fired doesn't go in the bolt gun though.

For AR in 223/5.56 - my own once fired factory, just sorted by brand

Bolt in 308/7mm-08 - LC Match. I use the LC as is and also to make the 7mm-08

5.7x28. Range pickup since it's all once fired from factory.

For pistols, I packed away thousands of 9mm/40/45 and 9mm Ultra Geco 5 moves ago and forgot about them. Rediscovered, what I use for handgun now. All of it was my own once fired and reloaded maybe 3 times.



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Peterson for my match ammo
Lake city Long Range for my Mk11
Range pick up for my Cetme C
Norma for my Shiloh Sharps 45-110, 458 Lott and 416 Rigby
Starline for all pistol brass
Anything I get my hand on for the following
22 hornet
220 swift
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Picked up 500 pieces of Petersen for my 300 win mag, love it that much. For my 338 Lapua I use Lapua brass. For my 308 and 223 just whatever is laying around, free is best brass for high volume stuff.
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Old 08-10-2022, 12:26 AM
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Old 08-10-2022, 4:34 AM
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I'm fond of C23000 for aesthetic reasons, but I also enjoy cutting a good piece of C360
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Old 08-12-2022, 1:59 PM
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In my travels I have found 30/06 cases for as little as I cent each, that would be $14.00 for 1400 cases, I have purchases linked belts of 30/06 cases and I have purchased 3000 unfired-pull down LC NM cases from Pat's in Ohio for 7 cents each.

While I was there, I called a friend to determine if he wanted a few cases at that price, his answer was. "NO'.

I arrived home, my friend came over to inspect the cases and then wanted to purchase cases from me. I called Pat and asked him what he could do for us. He gave us the same price with found a cheap shipping rate; we ordered 2000 more cases for my friend.

New, unfired national match cases, that has to be close to my favorite case.

Some of the best-looking cases I have found in the unfired and once fired cases came from FA, the head stamp read something like NATIONAL MATCH FA all with the mid 1950's range head stamp.

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Back from "Lobster cruise". Have returned to getting new toys mode. Need to loose some weight though.
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