Another reason to use Nosler brass!

[muleman]

On the way back from Antelope hunting this fall my brother and I stopped in at the Boise Cabelas and they had brass on sale. So I picked up 3 bags of .204 Ruger 100 ct.(Winchester) for $20 each - good deal I thought! Well today I sat down and sized them all and got ready to prime them and noticed some of the cases had irregular flash holes - not a big deal because usually some can be cleaned up and I expect to lose a few out every bag. When I had finished inspection only 47 out of 300 were round and sized correctly! :x I guess I'll have to figure out how to get them returned. So much for the good deal I typically have about 5% loss with Rem or Win cases and the Nosler, Norma and Hornaday cases have been nearly perfect. The saying about the rush of a good deal not lasting as long as the bad taste of poor quality keeps running around in my head.
Scott

 

[JD338]

I think its safe to say , "You get what you pay for".
Pretty sad that we have that kind of quality passing as "good"!
Glad we have Nosler brass.

JD338

 

[DrMike]

What a pain. Hopefully, you'll be able to return it.

 

[bullet]

I can't say enough good about Nosler brass, it is fine stuff. Sure be glad when they produce some more 7mm-08 brass.

 

[SJB358]

Same here, I like their brass alot. Very nice stuff and makes loading a pleasure.

 

[nvbroncrider]

Agree completely recently ran though 100 pieces of remington 280 brass and after the 3 hours it took me to size measure and clean the necks up that extra $20 per box doesn't look bad at all. The $5 bucks less than what the remington brass cost for Nosler 2nds even looks better!!!

 

[Oldtrader3]

I just bought and sized (50) Remington, .257 Roberts cases and was surprised at the number of shoulder dings, out-of-round necks and even a torn case neck with a sharp brass flap hanging 1/8th inch into the air off of it. I had not used Remington brass in about 6-7 years. However, Winchester is also getting sloppy with brass now as well and I had noticed the deterioration. So, I guess I will be using more Nosler brass when I can find it.

I guess my OCD personality just can't live with a yield of 47 cases out of out of 50 bought. It is hard on bullet inventory lot control as well. I guess I can just buy 100 cases and plan on throwing 7 in the garbage and accumulating the balance until I can make another 10 cases!

 

[FOTIS]

I can not wait until they make them for my bees.........

 

[nvbroncrider]

I can not wait until they make them for my bees.........

Well Weatherby makes quality brass too right?

 

[Oldtrader3]

Norma makes most Weatherby brass.

 

[jockperkins]

Agree on some calibers but not on others. Nosler brass for my 204 is excellent. For the 280AI it is consistent but far too soft. I get several firings before the primers start falling out. I have posted this before so many of you are aware. No pressure signs etc. and I have compared the same load using other brands of brass with no problems after multiple firings. I also have purchased lots that do not match just to see if they had a problem with one lot. Unfortunately, this was not the case. I like Nosler brass for the piece to piece consistency; however, it is useless in the 280AI. I wish they would fix this problem.

 

[300WSM]

Agree on some calibers but not on others. Nosler brass for my 204 is excellent. For the 280AI it is consistent but far too soft. I get several firings before the primers start falling out. I have posted this before so many of you are aware. No pressure signs etc. and I have compared the same load using other brands of brass with no problems after multiple firings. I also have purchased lots that do not match just to see if they had a problem with one lot. Unfortunately, this was not the case. I like Nosler brass for the piece to piece consistency; however, it is useless in the 280AI. I wish they would fix this problem.

I was going to point to this example right here and low and behold it showed up and saved me from trying to find it.

I've never run into a major issue with new brass from Win or Rem. Sure I get the occasional case that is far from perfect but after one shot and of course a full re-size it's perfect. I'm a firm believer in you get what you pay for and often times I wind up paying too much for something. However as I have stated in a different post, I do think Nosler needs told that brass only shares its color with GOLDand nothing more.

Unless someone can share with all of us that using Nosler brass means 12 firings per case as opposed to 6 from brand x....or some crazy example like that....until then I will keep rolling with poly bag Win/rem brass as I get wonderful accuracy with it and of course the access to it.

 

[SJB358]

Agree on some calibers but not on others. Nosler brass for my 204 is excellent. For the 280AI it is consistent but far too soft. I get several firings before the primers start falling out. I have posted this before so many of you are aware. No pressure signs etc. and I have compared the same load using other brands of brass with no problems after multiple firings. I also have purchased lots that do not match just to see if they had a problem with one lot. Unfortunately, this was not the case. I like Nosler brass for the piece to piece consistency; however, it is useless in the 280AI. I wish they would fix this problem.

I was going to point to this example right here and low and behold it showed up and saved me from trying to find it.

I've never run into a major issue with new brass from Win or Rem. Sure I get the occasional case that is far from perfect but after one shot and of course a full re-size it's perfect. I'm a firm believer in you get what you pay for and often times I wind up paying too much for something. However as I have stated in a different post, I do think Nosler needs told that brass only shares its color with GOLDand nothing more.

Unless someone can share with all of us that using Nosler brass means 12 firings per case as opposed to 6 from brand x....or some crazy example like that....until then I will keep rolling with poly bag Win/rem brass as I get wonderful accuracy with it and of course the access to it.

You might be right 300WSM, but I am on about the 10th firing from alot of my Nosler 264 and 338WM cases. I am not particulary easy on them either. I have lost a few to too warm of a load. The primer pockets actually... The case itself was fine. Have not had a neck split or any other problem. Not saying that I will always use them, but they are pretty nice right from the get go and I know I will get all 50 cases that will work. Rather than less than the 50 I paid for. The last 300 cases I bought had 3-4 culls right off the bat.

 

[Elkman]

I have posted several times regarding my 7 mm STW. However I did find that when I changed to Nosler Brass (in that rifle only) that I did see a slight decrease in my group size. I have shot several shot strings with both the Remington and Nosler case side by side to confirm this.
I also saw a similar reduction when I changed from the pillar bedded, glassed factory stock to the new H-S Precision.
My most accurate rifle (1967 Model 70, 300 Win Mag) shoots Rem and WW cases equally well. Just my .02

 

[Oldtrader3]

Bill, I am going to try and find some Nosler .257 Roberts cases to try. I was not very happy with the Remington quality yield after sort in the lot that I bought and there are no W-W, Roberts cases anymore. I also want to compare them for accuracy case against case. Can't find them right now but expect that Nosler will make some more .257 cases soon?

 

[russ808]

Mike,
+1 on the 7mm-08 brass
Russ

 

[tjen]

I have only heard great things about Nosler Brass.

Up intill my last purchase which was Lapua brass for my 223, I have bought Winchester and Remington brass for the 35rem and 358win in 50/100ct prepackaged bags say 900 total none were bad and usually get an extra case or two. I have bought bulk win/rem brass for the hornet about 500 ct and so far only one neck was bent out ward and could not be sized. I have brass from ammo in federal/fronter as well, the fronter is what I will load the 270win from. It seems very consistant and 80 cases should last a while. I seems I have 60-80 from all the above companies.

An out of round neck gets sized just fine, its the dents and bad pockets that scrare me. Ones bad handling and ones bad production