Starline Brass

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most of my brass--.380 ACP, 9mm, 38Spl, 357 Mag, .40S&W, 10mm, and (some) .45ACP is starline. It's excellent brass, period.

Jim H.
 
If I buy handgun brass, it is Winchester or Starline, but I shoot almost any old brand of brass I find at the range.

Scrap Amerc, shoot the rest. Some intrepid souls even load Amerc.
 
Starline tends to be a little thick at the case neck. The first couple of times you load it, it can require some extra force in the expander, with some accompanying jerking motion. That said, I use a lot of it, and have no complaints. Buy direct from Starline and it's cheaper than going through a retailer.
 
Starline tends to be a little thick at the case neck. The first couple of times you load it, it can require some extra force in the expander....
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I've found this true for most new brass. Until it's fired and gets a little "coating" on the inside, it tends to be very "sticky" on the expander. Some people say tumbling before loading new brass helps with the sticky problem but I can't say it makes a difference.
 
Starline tends to be a little thick at the case neck. The first couple of times you load it, it can require some extra force in the expander....
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All bottle neck brass can IMO. The neck walls can thin using standard dies. Check the neck diameter of a new loaded round, check it each loading, the OD gets smaller then stops after a few loading.
 
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As you can see from all the other comments it's good brass. Some think it's as good as the commercial ammo makers brass and some think it's better. All I know is it works well, lasts just as long as all others and it costs less. What's not to like?? Also, they manufacture and stock most anything you would like to load, even the rare and hard to fine calibers.

I agree you should buy directly from the Starline Site because the prices are the lowest when you buy directly from Starline.
 
I have a bunch of .458 SOCOM brass made by Starline and it is very hard. If you dont lube the crap out of it you will get stuck cases.
 
I've found this true for most new brass. Until it's fired and gets a little "coating" on the inside, it tends to be very "sticky" on the expander.
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Yep.
 
With new brass, just a very light touch with a case mouth deburring tool after sizing but before belling or seating helps a lot with that initial stickiness.
 
Starline has excellent customer service and a great product!

Been using their .357 Mag Brass for target shooting and buying direct from them is a pleasure!

JMHO
 
Buy direct and lube them when you use them. To your question about testing, just remember that for most handgun rounds, you won't be able to tell the difference between mixed brass and Starline when you shoot it. You'd be hard pressed to find a statistical difference attributable to brass in a low pressure handgun round with the datasets most people take during testing.
 
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