Brass Quality, expected number of reloads

[hunter1959]

curious about the experienced averages with these brass types... Black Hills, Hornady, Norma, Lapua

 

[John Glidewell]

Really depends on load / pressure you are running. If you are running higher pressure loads - 6 or 7 on Hornady and Norma if you are lucky. Never ran Black hills or Lapua. I have run Peterson, ADG and currently Alpha OCD. I am on my 10th firing with OCD and a modest - not hot load in my GT. The primer pockets are still tight, no issues, still shoots good. There is also a significant cost difference between those brands. I have learned with Brass, as with many things related to shooting sports, you get what you pay for.

 

[hunter1959]

Really depends on load / pressure you are running. If you are running higher pressure loads - 6 or 7 on Hornady and Norma if you are lucky. Never ran Black hills or Lapua. I have run Peterson, ADG and currently Alpha OCD. I am on my 10th firing with OCD and a modest - not hot load in my GT. The primer pockets are still tight, no issues, still shoots good. There is also a significant cost difference between those brands. I have learned with Brass, as with many things related to shooting sports, you get what you pay for.

thanks John... I am running 6.5 creedmoor... 147 ELD-M , with H4305.. at 40.1... any further thoughts, let me know.. appreciate it

 

[John Glidewell]

That is a pretty light load, you should get good brass life out of most brass, esp if you are annealing.

 

[Carlos Danger]

H4305?

 

[hunter1959]

H4305?

transposition error

 

[Supersubes]

There are a lot of factors at play, but lapua tops your list easily.

 

[NBPRP]

Does it have to be a specific caliber?