Thread: preferred brass brands

I voted for "something else", as I like Lapua, Peterson and ADG

I prefer RWS, Lapua and Sako so I clicked 'other' (but I also 'liked' Norma and PPU).

Yeah, tried to edit the poll afterwards to add Lapua but couldn't figure out how - so for the purposes of the exercise, it would appear that "something else" should be taken to mean Lapua

Options were purely selfish, being the brass I have lying around at home that I'm deciding what to do with!

Originally Posted by mopheadrob

Yeah, tried to edit the poll afterwards to add Lapua but couldn't figure out how - so for the purposes of the exercise, it would appear that "something else" should be taken to mean Lapua

Options were purely selfish, being the brass I have lying around at home that I'm deciding what to do with!

A few, myself included pointed out the Lapua omission, but to be fair you did say in your posting "once fired factory". And whilst Lapua does have a line of factory ammo I doubt many would use it due to the expense and intermittent supply. So, us Lapua lovers are really referring to just the unfired virgin brass. Should have read your posting better.

Originally Posted by mopheadrob

..... it would appear that "something else" should be taken to mean Lapua

Not necessarily, I rate Peterson 1st, Lapua 2nd.

when i first saw the heading i thought who has a favourite brass band. Duh. Norma off course as they are the only ones who make my calibre.

Amateur poll

Lapua!

Originally Posted by Gibo

Amateur poll

Lapua!

Yep, I'll admit to being amateur - both to reloading, and to this forum. See earlier post re. trying to edit the poll to include Lapua, and why it wasn't in the mix in the first place.

Originally Posted by mopheadrob

Yep, I'll admit to being amateur - both to reloading, and to this forum. See earlier post re. trying to edit the poll to include Lapua, and why it wasn't in the mix in the first place.

Its all good mate. Nothing i say in here is meant to offend you, was just a wee raz up

In the forest service days the main 222 Rem ammo we used was Sako 50 gr and it worked well, the brass was good to reload as well.

I think you need to flesh out the something else options, a lot of responses in there. Mine is starline

I have Lapua for 243win and 6.5cm, Norma fir 300wsm. I've good things about Peterson brass, but havent tried it.
Both premium brand but if you're looking the most consistent/best brass. I'd Lapua every time
My 2c

The guys who make the AMP annealing machine say that Norma, Peterson and Lapua, in no particular order, are the best brass they've tested. They know a lot about brass.

Originally Posted by zimmer

https://sakocollectors.com/forum/thr...unition.14437/
Plug for Sako brass/ammo.

My first dealings with Sako brass was over 50 years ago when I bought my 308 Sako Forester. The dealer gave me a 10 round packet of Sako factory ammo.
In those days the government protected CAC who were still in operation and no other brands of factory ammo were available in NZ. The 10 rounds of Sako hardly gave me enough to set up handloading so I bought 100 Norma Re cases which were available. So, I have no recollection of that original Sako stuff in terms of quality, durability.

I bought a couple of packets of .243 Sako Hammerhead 90gr (orange, white and black box) from Sportsway's in Fort Street, Auckland in 1974. It was good ammo and shot really well in my Steyr Mannlicher - dropped those Urewera reds without any issues. I had only starting reloading back then and can't say whether it was top brass or not as I didn't know too much about the subject.

I reload for a few rifles, and the answer for me is "It depends."

For the 223 I use for small game/pest control it is what is plentiful and cheap. For this I use the brass from the Hornady Training ammo.

For the 243's I follow a similar line and use some PMC I picked up cheap from someone that used a heap of factory ammo but didn't reload. Seems reasonably good.

For the 7mmRM's factory ammo was too expensive so I bought new Norma brass because it has a reasonable reputation, readily available and was 'on-special'.

Yeas, I'm a cheap bugger!