How much does brass brand matter?

[acoop101]

Buy a case of hornady ammo, save the brass and get shooting, also if you can get away with it neck size your brass and you will get many more loadings out of it, I have some hornady neck sized brass that is on its 10th loading necks sizing only.

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[Carcassonne]

I am not familiar with that caliber. I know from reading bench rest magazines, that competitors usually use Lapua or Norma brass. Sometimes there is one person that uses an American brand of brass (Federal, Remington, or Winchester).



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[stevec223]

Just a few days ago I test fired 4 different brands of brass with my favorite 223 50gr v-max load... Remington (which I originally made up the load with ) ,, PMC,, Hornady and WCC military.... All were fl resized ,, trimmed ,, lightly crimped ,, primed and loaded the same day... I got groups of varing sizes at 1,, 4,, 10 and 7 o'clock !!.. The Rem at 10 was not a surprise but the pmc group was better at 2... Perfecta brass (range finds) weighted in around 101-102 grains empty was also a surprise,, as most 223 brass is usually 94-96 or so.... So yes if your going for repeatable accuracy the same brand of brass can be very helpful... Longevity of brass is a different question altogether,, get what you can afford and go from there ... Cheers and Merry Christmas...

[bigdawg86]

Just a few days ago I test fired 4 different brands of brass with my favorite 223 50gr v-max load... Remington (which I originally made up the load with ) ,, PMC,, Hornady and WCC military.... All were fl resized ,, trimmed ,, lightly crimped ,, primed and loaded the same day... I got groups of varing sizes at 1,, 4,, 10 and 7 o'clock !!.. The Rem at 10 was not a surprise but the pmc group was better at 2... Perfecta brass (range finds) weighted in around 101-102 grains empty was also a surprise,, as most 223 brass is usually 94-96 or so.... So yes if your going for repeatable accuracy the same brand of brass can be very helpful... Longevity of brass is a different question altogether,, get what you can afford and go from there ... Cheers and Merry Christmas...

Curious... What's your load for the 50g vmax? I just picked up some zombie max projos to try our if my 20" AR build

[stevec223]

25.9gr Win 748.. cci 450 or 41's.. Win SRM if cci not avail..2.20-- 2.215 col.. Pretty basic load and works in my 1-7 thru 1-12 twist barrels... Ar,, bolt or single shot.. I'm still playing with col but 2.20 is where I started and has worked very well in 3 rifles of different twists.. Check your books and be safe.... Cheers....

[bazineta]

There are better brands than others, but the particular brand doesn't matter so much to me as using all the same brand does.

That is, a given manufacturer, unless they have no quality control at all, tends to manufacture brass in a consistent manner in terms of primer pockets and case volume.

Thus, by sticking with one brand, at least for a given lot, you tend to get consistent primer seating, i.e., you can tell right away when something's off there, and predictable internal case volume, which will decrease variance.

[prk]

Thanks again for the input. It is much appreciated.