remingtonman_25_06
Handloader
- Nov 17, 2005
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This is from a well known and reputable gunsmith.
Just thought I would pass this along so maybe Nosler can look into the problem...And save some customers some headache...
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I was working on a customers rifle that was having some issues chambering some new Nosler 300 Win Mag brass. Got to checking the dimensions on the cases he sent me with the rifle.
Of the 4 cases he sent me, the headspace on the cases varied by 10 thou!!!!!
Even worse, I got to checking the neck thickness on the Nosler cases, again, just four cases to check out. One case had neck thicknesses withing 1 thou all around the neck, certainly not great but acceptable from factory brass.
The next best had 4 thou variation on the neck thickness, the next, 6 thou and the worst, 7 thou variation. Now understand, this is not from one case to another, its the neck thickness from one side of the case neck to the other!!!!!
I do not believe I have ever seen brass this poor in quality from a major brass maker.
For all the touting that Nosler does about their brass and say thats why it costs more then the other commercial brass available, its true quality is horrible.
They tell you its ready to load out of the box, I am sure not that they say that to try to keep the handloaders from checking out the specs for themselves because they are simply horrible.
This may be an isolated batch of brass but they are BAD, not worth much other then paper weights in my opinion, certainly not good for anything resembling long range hunting precision.
Its pretty sad to be honest, I think alot of handloaders have been taken a time or two by bad brass, I just hope for Noslers sake, this is an isolated occurance but I suspect its not."
Just thought I would pass this along so maybe Nosler can look into the problem...And save some customers some headache...
"
I was working on a customers rifle that was having some issues chambering some new Nosler 300 Win Mag brass. Got to checking the dimensions on the cases he sent me with the rifle.
Of the 4 cases he sent me, the headspace on the cases varied by 10 thou!!!!!
Even worse, I got to checking the neck thickness on the Nosler cases, again, just four cases to check out. One case had neck thicknesses withing 1 thou all around the neck, certainly not great but acceptable from factory brass.
The next best had 4 thou variation on the neck thickness, the next, 6 thou and the worst, 7 thou variation. Now understand, this is not from one case to another, its the neck thickness from one side of the case neck to the other!!!!!
I do not believe I have ever seen brass this poor in quality from a major brass maker.
For all the touting that Nosler does about their brass and say thats why it costs more then the other commercial brass available, its true quality is horrible.
They tell you its ready to load out of the box, I am sure not that they say that to try to keep the handloaders from checking out the specs for themselves because they are simply horrible.
This may be an isolated batch of brass but they are BAD, not worth much other then paper weights in my opinion, certainly not good for anything resembling long range hunting precision.
Its pretty sad to be honest, I think alot of handloaders have been taken a time or two by bad brass, I just hope for Noslers sake, this is an isolated occurance but I suspect its not."
