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savageyote94

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Does anyone have trouble with Winchester brass? I have loaded some new brass in 7mm rem mag and have had 8 out of the last 30 split the case neck on first firings. Just wondering if this is common with Winchester brass. Thanks in advance
 
I had a batch of 204 (factory loads) awhile back and some of the necks were showing cracks BEFORE shooting. I contacted Winchester and they said send them back, I did and was reimbursed. I think win brass is generally pretty good.
 
I used to use W-W brass exclusively. The last hundred .270 Win rounds of .270 Win left me disappointed and frustrated. I immediately switched to Norma brass. Believe me, I about choked on price. But I really paid for quality. A hundred rounds of Norma .270 Win brass should last me the rest of my big game hunting days.

After I bought a .222 Rem, I went with Norma brass. I'd of just as easily had gone with LAPUA brass. But since I like continuity of components, I bought 300 rounds of Norma brass.

I do have Fed Premium brass for my .270 Win. I've yet to load it. It does appear to be of good quality.
 
I had issues with 6.5 Grendel brass splitting at in the body just below the conjunction with the shoulder. That was after the 3rd or 4th reload.Bruno's had Lapua on sale a while back so i'm going that route.
 
I had to cull 3 pieces out of 50 from deformed necks to start with, but these are splitting below the case mouth and right above the shoulder. I may have to bits the bullet and buy Norma.
 
winchester brass used to be better quality. It was all I used.
I picked up enough brass when I used to frequent a public range that I rarely run short of brass. Once fired range brass is a pretty good deal, if the brass has issues there are plenty more. After full length sizing, and trimming, I end up with a pretty good batch of brass. I am not shooting bench rest with it, so it is good enough.
 
Winchester's new brass has problems with splitting even before reloading. I wouldn't buy any. Talked to a dealer and he indicated that he was getting new Winchester brass back from customers because of new brass having splits. It is hard to believe that a company with Winchester's reputation could have such problems.
 
I bought 2 bags of 25-06 brass a while back. Some of it didn't even have necks, some were creased. Not the same quality as years ago.
 
I have never had problems with it. But, I bought enough to last me about 15 years ago and haven't bought any lately.
 
It's not expensive to test some Hornady. The quality seemed to be better on the 300wm that I have loaded.
I had lots of culls in the new Winchester brass
 
The only cracked necks I've had issues with is federal. I threw out 14 out if the 20 after my buddy shot the factory loads out of them and I inspected and the spent casings. Winchester and Remington has done me good. I have Remington RUM and 30-06 brass I've shot over a dozen times and it's still going strong. Same with Winchester 243 and 223 brass. Lost count on firings years ago and just inspect after sizing. I annealed all my brass last year to soften it back up. I bought some hornady 450 bushmaster brass last year. They did a nice job polishing them but I still had to trim them all to equal lengths.

Haven't bought Winchester brass for a while so hopefully the quality hasn't gone down. Bought some 35 whelen and 375 rum brass in the last year and it's still quality.
 
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Winchester use to be my favorite.

I bought a bag of 100 223 and was
very disappointed, very loose primer
pockets. Some went in so easy I thought
I didn't have a primer on the ram.

That was a hand full of years ago.

Will not buy Winchester anymore.
 
Originally Posted By: who meWinchester use to be my favorite.

I bought a bag of 100 223 and was
very disappointed, very loose primer
pockets. Some went in so easy I thought
I didn't have a primer on the ram.

That was a hand full of years ago.

Will not buy Winchester anymore.

I had the same experience with Winchester .223 brass. I will not use it anymore. I have found Lake City to be superior and on occasion, you can find it new with no primer crimps.

Winchester .308 brass OTOH is about as tough as they come. I've been able to get 20 loadings and still have tight primer pockets.
 
Originally Posted By: who meWinchester use to be my favorite.

I bought a bag of 100 223 and was
very disappointed, very loose primer
pockets. Some went in so easy I thought
I didn't have a primer on the ram.

That was a hand full of years ago.

Will not buy Winchester anymore.

That's how this lot of 50 I have is. Loose primer pockets, deformed necks, necks splitting on first firing.
 
Federal large rifls magnum, and lrm match we're both loose on this brass. I have 20 once fired WW super cases that were factory loaded, they have been fired once and after working them this evening they are alot better quality than the loose WW super brass I bought.
 
Originally Posted By: savageyote94Originally Posted By: who meWinchester use to be my favorite.

I bought a bag of 100 223 and was
very disappointed, very loose primer
pockets. Some went in so easy I thought
I didn't have a primer on the ram.

That was a hand full of years ago.

Will not buy Winchester anymore.

That's how this lot of 50 I have is. Loose primer pockets, deformed necks, necks splitting on first firing.

Exact same problem here, I'm never buying any more. Lots of folks at accurate shooter saying the same thing also. Another thing is excessive head space, you have to create a false shoulder and fire form to save the brass. I'm switching to Starline & Peterson. Picking up some of the once fired Winchester brass at the range I'm seeing missing primers split necks and a big bulge at the web from excessive head space. Of course you never know what the rifle was like that fired them but it appears their loaded ammo (brass) is suffering also.
 
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