Which Pistol Range Brass Do You Prefer?

[evan price]

Walkalong: You keep bringing that up...

All those A-MERC cases were shot up for bowling pin shoots where you can't recover any brass. They are somebody else's problem now
Back then I didn't have a big bucket o' 45 brass like now.

Anyway, STARLINE *_* cases are excellent. Up at the top.

When we are talking .45 acp cases I sort out the Winchesters and sell them. Not because I like or dislike them but because I get the most of them and many people like them.

That leaves me to load the R-P, W-W, Federal, Aguila, PMC, Cor-Bon, S&B, Magtech/CBC, Fiocchi/GFL, Starline, Speer/CCI/Blazer, BHA, El Dorado, S&W, the .mil stuff (RA, FC, TZZ, etc) and whatever else I discover.

The nickle gets picked out, of course, and put aside to treasure later.

Any brass that is found lacking during reloading goes in the scrap buckets. Last year it was $2 a pound. This year about $.50 a pound.

 

[WV_Vizsla]

I recycle the S & B brass due to small primer pocket holes and small rims in 9 mm.
Once fired Win and Rem for IDPA matches, all else is good for practice.

 

[EHL]

What about Blazer brass? Has anybody ever had a problem with it not sealing the chamber completely? I shoot mine and it just gets my gun all sorts of filthy. (especially my reloads, but even the factory fresh ones are pretty bad) Is this a brass alloy problem or could it be caused by an aggressive crimp?

 

[wanderinwalker]

What about Blazer brass? Has anybody ever had a problem with it not sealing the chamber completely? I shoot mine and it just gets my gun all sorts of filthy. (especially my reloads, but even the factory fresh ones are pretty bad) Is this a brass alloy problem or could it be caused by an aggressive crimp?

What's the caliber? I've reloaded lots of Blazer Brass 9mm (bought the ammo back when you could find AND afford factory 9mm ammo) and never had a problem. Okay, maybe the primer pockets were tighter, but cranking a few hundred out on a progressive, I kind of lose track of which ones caused problems.

In .38 Special, I have 50 of these CCI Blazer Brass cases, and they seem OK. Tight primer pockets, good length, but they do seem a little "hard." I really like R-P cases in light .38 loads; get a good chamber seal and the brass stays nice and clean.

Otherwise, so long as it ain't A-MERC or military crimped, I load and shoot it. Only get picky in rifle rounds, and then not as picky as some.

Oh, I really don't like FC .223 brass.

 

[ArchAngelCD]

For handgun brass I like Federal and Winchester best. Speer and Remington are also high on my list. I have used almost everything you listed and feel they are all good to reload except for A-Merc. That stuff goes right into the scrap bucket.

 

[Jaybird78]

I don't complain too much. It was free after all.

Has anyone heard of a headstamp that reads: A M I
It has all been 9mm

That's not short for Amerc is it?

Like someone else mentioned, those nickle plated empties have a soft spot in my heart. They sure are pretty.