Remington Brass

[thub]

I know we have talked about this before but when is someone going to tell Remington to get out of selling brass for reloading. Their brass absolutely sucks, or maybe we could get one of the big three die manufacturers to manufacture dies for Remington brass. One of these days their brass will cause a lawsuit from a big bang and then they will come up with other than Chinese brass. I just loaded some .40 cal and every time I come to a RP brass stamp I know not to use it because the neck tension is not enough. I am going to try and contact Peter Rem. and see if they can start making quality brass.

 

[CZ9shooter]

I have heard this a time or two, same with Winchester, but I dont see the problem. I use a TON of RP brass in 9mm. It is one of my prefered headstamps, and the one I use for my +P replica and beyond loads. The reason being that I always get nice tight coke bottle shaped ammunition with jacketed .355 bullets and Lee dies. No chance of that bullet going anywhere until I tell it to.

I cant find anything negative with Remington brass. Maybe its because all my thousands of RP cases are once fired or other range pickups, and not new brass for reloading. Or maybe 9mm isnt effected?

 

[thub]

I use a lot of 9mm brass also and never had a problem. .40 a lot of problems .44 Mag many .

 

[Reefinmike]

Across 6 or 7 calibers, i have never avoided remington brass and havent had any issues even though it is a bit thin. Besides, i highly doubt remington cares how useful their brass is for reloaders. They dont make any money after the initial loading

 

[morcey2]

I use Remington brass in 30-06, 8x57, 257 Roberts, and 7x57. I bought most of the brass unfired in factory packages and haven't had any issue with it. Is it as nice as Lapua or Nosler? No, but it's perfectly acceptable for most of what I do.

The only Remington brass I've had problems with is from pair of boxes of factory 8x57 loads from the same lot. Almost half of the necks split on firing. I didn't even bother reloading the non-split ones and they got squashed and sent to the recycle bin. (I kept shooting because I didn't notice the splits until I was sorting brass when I got home.) I contacted Remington about it and gave them the lot #. They told me that the rounds were over 20 years old, but they shouldn't have had an issue. I sent them a couple of the split casings and they sent me a gift certificate for $40, which more than covered the cost. They said that there was a possible issue with the annealing on that batch of brass. ( ya think? )

Matt

 

[loose noose]

I've shot tons of Remington brass in my 45ACP as well as in my 9MM. I recently bought a couple of 30-40Krag factory Remington shells and have reloaded them at least twice and have seen no problem. In fact I prefer Remington brass in my .223/5.56 as well.

 

[ColoradoShooter77]

I also like Remington brass in .223 and .308. I find it to be quality brass in these calibers. Never had a problem with it.

I don't have much experience with Remington pistol brass, so I can't comment there. I know there are some in my mixed lots of 40 brass, hasn't caused me any problems.

 

[JO JO]

i have had poor neck tension in 40 sw and will not use it in this caliber,
for rifle i have had no issues at all

 

[Catpop]

I've used rem brass and ammo for 40 plus years. Only ammo i ever stocked in my 1970 to 2000 era gunshop. No problem here with remington products!

 

[snuffy]

Your opinion

That is entirely your opinion, nothing more! YOU have/had a problem with some Remington brass, many others don't. Get over your anal cranial inversion, let others decide for themselves.

It matters NOT whether it is new brass, or fired factory brass. What does matter is some reloaders don't know how to set-up dies to properly size and seat bullets without causing problems.

 

[Zeke/PA]

When did all this start?
I really prefer Remington brass!
I just reloaded 100 rounds of Remington .30-30 brass for a friend and I hope he is in no danger!

 

[buck460XVR]

Anybody that has a problem with R-P brass in .357, .44, .45 Colt and .45ACP can send it to me. I'll gladly pay the shipping costs........

 

[Walkalong]

The fact that Remington brass tends to be a bit thinner than some is fairly well known, and a good thing for some applications.

If our pistol sizer can't size Remington brass down enough use thicker brands or get the sizer replaced.

No need to exaggerate things and act like Remington is doing anything wrong or dangerous.