Brass

[John Glidewell]

There seems to be a lot more brass on the market. I like supporting American companies too. I am currently running ADG brass in 2 of my rifles but recently started looking at Peterson and Alpha Munitions. Has any one already tested these? What results are folks seeing? ADG seems to be running fine in the 6CM but the 6.5 brass is prob not going to hold up any better than the Hornady or Prime I have used. It is more consistent and getting great results down range. And price is not bad either. I am considering trying Peterson or Alpha.

 

[noylj]

Starline? Or don't they make the cartridges you want?

 

[John Glidewell]

Forgot about Starline, yes they make it.

 

[canezach]

Alpha brass is all I use for 6.5 Creedmoor. I had very good results with Hornady and Prime, but as soon as I tried Alpha, I found my SD and ES numbers shrank because of the consistency of the brass. My load is 39.36 grains of Reloder 16, CCI BR2 primers, and 140 ELDM seated 0.020" off the lands. As always, work up to that to see if it's fine for your rifle, but i'm seeing 2814 MV with an SD of 5.6 and an ES of 13 in my rifle.

 

[John Glidewell]

Alpha brass is all I use for 6.5 Creedmoor. I had very good results with Hornady and Prime, but as soon as I tried Alpha, I found my SD and ES numbers shrank because of the consistency of the brass.

Did you try any other brass, ADG, Starline, Peterson? I noticed a big difference when I switched to ADG, but the pockets are going just as fast, so I am curious about how other USA brass is performing.

 

[canezach]

Did you try any other brass, ADG, Starline, Peterson? I noticed a big difference when I switched to ADG, but the pockets are going just as fast, so I am curious about how other USA brass is performing.

I haven't tried others, personally, but my buddy uses Starline and he's never had a complaint. I'm on my fourth firing of Alpha and I believe he's on his third off Starline.

 

[vigildom7]

I want to get the ADG with SRP. In 6.5 cm I have heard go things about their brass. I am currently using Peterson and my SD is always all over the place. Sometimes really low other times in the 20s.

 

[Deleted member 10043]

PPU but not from their factory loads.