Choice of brass?

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For those of you that do precision loading, what brass have you found to work the best?
In the process here of running a test with 3 different mfg of brass. Prepping 100 cases each .308 Palma srp brass Alpha, Lapua and Starline. Trimming to 2.0, running mandrel to set neck tension to .002, uniforming primer pockets , de-burring flash holes and turning necks all to .0145. The intention is to keep careful records of how each of these perform during initial firing and again after fire forming, annealing and re-loading. All cases will be loaded with HBN treated 110 gn Sierra hp varminters with OAL set to 2.650 over 46 gn of Varget set off with 205M primers which should provide a speed of approximately 3050 fps. Love this sort of Winter project to keep what's left of the mind occupied. Whatta Hobby!

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Finishing up loading the new fully prepped Startine 100 cases this morning. Dang I love this part of the operation. Whatta Hobby!

 

 

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100 cnt box of Alpha .308 srp brass arrived today. Will be adding it to my testing group for the halibut. Whatta Hobby!

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500 Peterson srp .308 cases showed up at the PO this morning. Looks good so far. Will be prepping a 100 rnd range box and get it in line for testing as soon as possible. Whatta Hobby!

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All .308 srp cases trimmed, neck trued to .014 and neck tension set to .002 loaded with 110 gn Sierra varminters over 46 gn of Varget using 205M primers. These will be tested using 1/4" 10 dot challenge targets through a Savage 110 with X-Caliber 26" 1-10 bull barrel in ORYX chassis and Jard trigger. Topped off with Leupold MK5 HD 7-35x56. Intention is to shoot 20 rnds of each and alternate between brass over a period of time . Should be a hoot and answer a few questions in the back of my mind just for the halibut.  Whatta Hobby!

100 each.


1. Alpha
2. Lapua
3. Peterson
4. Starline