Starline 380 auto

Starline brass is quality brass but me personally, I wouldn't buy it for any semi-auto as you'll lose a piece here and there. I only shoot Starline in revolvers where I know where the brass will be after firing

Aww man, I clicked on the thread because I thought it was going to be a "such and such has 380 Starline in stock".

When I worked for an aerospace ordnance company we used Starline .38SPL cases for our time delay housings. The brass at the time was very consistent in weight and interior dimension (particularly around the case head) so it made a consistent and uniform delay column. Occasionally, QA would reject a batch of cases for some cosmetic reason and those of us who were shooters benefited from the rejects. I assume their auto brass is of similar quality.

I have never used it for 380 but I use starline in 44mag and 50ae. Seems to be just fine, have not had a problem yet. I don't weigh or measure internal dimensions and such on pistol brass, I don't see the point, so I can't speak for that stuff.

Potatohead said:

Aww man, I clicked on the thread because I thought it was going to be a "such and such has 380 Starline in stock".

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Starline DOES have .380 cases available today

https://www.starlinebrass.com/order-online/all-cases.cfm

To the O.P:

I love Starline brass. Like jwrowland77, I tend to use it mostly for revolver brass since I am a tightwad. All of their brass has been great though.

I too like their brass, but I don't see how they stay in business. They never have anything to sell (the .380 today being the exception).

Who has had anything to sell in the last two years?

Name just one reloading / component / ammo company that you can order something and expect to get anything they sell!

rc

I have not used Starline .380 brass but I have used other Starline cases and they were all of high quality. I see no reason why their .380 brass wouldn't be just as good.

lauderdale said:

another380 reload friendly gun? .

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???? They're all reload friendly would be my guess. If you want one that'll eat anything, Walther PK380.

My mother has given me ammo where she's messed up the case a tad and wouldn't cycle in her Bersa, and I've loaded them up into my magazine, and every last one ran through my Walther without the slightest notion that they were going to hang up on me. I'm a Walther fan. Great quality product.

I've been using their 380 brass for the last 6-7 months. The only time I complain is when I lose some...arrrrgh! I have 1,000 more on the way, but of course I collect whatever I can at the range.

I've got 1000 .44Mag cases about 10 years ago and they are all quality cases, I can't think of a single reason where .380 cases would not also be of top quality.

judgedelta said:

I too like their brass, but I don't see how they stay in business. They never have anything to sell (the .380 today being the exception).

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I have worried about places like PV going out of business because they have no inventory to sell and are at the mercy of their suppliers but Starline produces their own brass.

Starline is also one of the few places that allows back orders. They allow them up until they hit a certain threshold, which I am assuming is whatever the total anticipated production is for a specific caliber. Basically, they have their production running nearly 24/7 and have everything sold before they even produce it. I would bet they are seeing more cash flow than at any other time in their history.

I have been using Starline brass for nearly 30 years. Started with a bunch of 357mag brass around 1985. At the time I had never heard of Starline. I am still using some of that brass today for my plinking 357mag stuff. When I need to buy new pistol brass I always check with Starline first. If I am not in a hurry I will keep checking until they have what I need. Good stuff.

KeithET

I'm glad to know that they make their own and are selling all they can make. They seem to be good folks and are a valuable resource to the handloading community.

Starline brass is the biscuits and marmalade!

I use a lot of SL brass and find it to be of excellent quality, and mind you, I load full tilt jacketed stuff exclusively.

Regarding availability, I don't do much online shopping, but I usually have no problem finding it locally, always at a great price too.

GS

I have 500 rounds of SL .380 brass sitting in the closet never even opened it yet. But the other 1000's of SL brass I also have in there in the other 7 calibers I have been slowly using up for over 20yrs.

I use it in both my 10mm and 45 ACP, and yep your going to loose some here and there, but I somehow mange to loose some of my revolver cases from time to time as well so what the heck. When you hunt with your firearms sometimes things just get a little fast when you bust a pack of hogs and you really don't worry about where the brass is going when you have multiple shot opportunities that are getting away.

Starline's website has them (380) in stock and I also talked to customer service, they are starting to ship them tmrw. Get 'em while theyre hot, still in stock.

I do not buy them new specifically other than in 45 Basic to make my 45-90 ammo. But I get a good pile of them in many calibers with the range brass I collect. All have been top quality brass for reloading with the auto brass being thick in the neck area and always giving good neck tension with my reloads. You can't go wrong IMHO.

From an economic stand point, I'd much rather lose a piece of SL brass v.s. Win or RP as they are more expensive new.

GS

I noticed that yesterday G.S., when I was looking around at prices. Win and RP are quite a bit more costly.

I only shoot brass picked up off the range floor of course I only shoot handguns. Rifle brass might be different. Save the money you would spend on Brass and buy bullets, primers, and powder (if you can find it).