Hornady brass
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Allen One1
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Yes they do.
d'Artagnan
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Yes, nowadays Hornady does make most of their own brass. Wasn't always so. When they first started out, they reloaded cases like military 30-06. Later they started loading Federal- and Winchester-made FRONTIER-head stamped cases. Of the types I've been able to identify, they also used HORNADY-head stamped cases made by S&B (Sellier and Bellot of the Czech Republic), Starline, Remington, Jagemann, and possibly by Arms Corporation of the Philippines, in addition to two suppliers I haven't identified. If Hornady sells empty brass cases, they are making them in-house. Hornady does not resell HORNADY-headstamped cases supplied by other companies as components. Probably written into their supplier contract to prevent Hornady underselling their supplier. Anyway, that doesn't mean Hornady can make all the cases they need in-house and may still have to go out and find suppliers. The latest steel-case HORNADY-head stamped 9mm LUGER cases, are from Bosnia, for example.
d'Artagnan
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IMtheNRA -- To whom are you addressing your question?
I've bought .30 Carbine brass. Unloaded of course. So hopefully I'm get Hornady made brass.
I've pretty much exclusively used Starline + some PPU brass. I've read many a good thing about Hornady brass, so I thought I'd give it a try.
I've pretty much exclusively used Starline + some PPU brass. I've read many a good thing about Hornady brass, so I thought I'd give it a try.
Over the last 40 years, I have used 30 Carbine brass with headstamps from:
The Norma brass turned out to be more susceptible to tarnishing/corrosion than the other headstamps when stored in a garage in Texas for 20 years.
For purposes of forming into cases for 5.7mm Johnson/22 Spitfire rounds, the Starline is marginally easier to work with than the others followed closely by Aguilla. The World War II and Korean War vintage cases do not perform well when being formed. I attribute that to the fact most such cases have been fired and reloaded more than once and so are pretty well work hardened by the time they reach me. All of the others - including the Hornady headstamped brass - perform about the same.
- Aguilla
- A-MERC
- AP
- CBC
- CCC
- CDM
- FC
- Hornady
- HRTRS
- IMI
- IVI
- LC
- MRP
- Norma
- RA
- R-P
- REM UMC
- PMC
- PS
- PPU
- S&B
- Speer
- Starline
- Top Brass
- USA
- W-W
- WCC
- WRA
- Winchester
The Norma brass turned out to be more susceptible to tarnishing/corrosion than the other headstamps when stored in a garage in Texas for 20 years.
For purposes of forming into cases for 5.7mm Johnson/22 Spitfire rounds, the Starline is marginally easier to work with than the others followed closely by Aguilla. The World War II and Korean War vintage cases do not perform well when being formed. I attribute that to the fact most such cases have been fired and reloaded more than once and so are pretty well work hardened by the time they reach me. All of the others - including the Hornady headstamped brass - perform about the same.
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