Thread: 25 Cal these days

Originally Posted by Double Shot

Jump on the Alpha 25CM SRP brass, surely that's up your way, it's superb brass.

There is an importer in the UK but not many 25 CM shooters here.

Having seen, read and heard a few things, I'm not going to be jumping on the small rifle primer train for intermediate (308) rifle sized cases.
I'm sure Alpha is good brass, they do LRP versions of other cartridges, so hopefully a 25 CM LRP version comes in soon.
I don't need to push pressures, and none of the actions in my price range are bushed for SRP (not paying the UK work rates for it to be done either). No point using small primers if they crater or blank out due to overside firing pin hole. Tikka T3 is the only action which does not require bushing for SRP.

Might have been stupid of me, but I sold off all my small rifle primers as I could see availability being an issue in the future. Not willing to pay £80-150 per 1k of primers when the same items were £25-80 per 1k about 4 years ago... ('new shipment in from Magtech of Brazil' nah they were at the back of the warehouse this whole time and the price got jacked 4x. Simple supply and demand, when there is little to no demand, create an artificial scarcity to increase demand).

I'll see out the large rifle primers that I have. Got plenty...