Herters white/red box 243 brass?

[kyotekiller25]

Has anyone ever used this brass? It's older Herters white and red box brass that says made in Finland (white box) made in Sweden (red box) Would I be right to assume the white box were made by Sako or Lapua? Are they of high quality? I have the opportunity to pick up 3 virgin boxes and the brass looks decent. He also has 5 boxes of the red box, so Im also assuming thats made by Norma? Which would you grab given the opportunity? Or would you just go with starline or winchester?

I was born in 85' never even heard of Herters...

 

[straightshooter1]

Has anyone ever used this brass? It's older Herters white and red box brass that says made in Finland (white box) made in Sweden (red box) Would I be right to assume the white box were made by Sako or Lapua? Are they of high quality? I have the opportunity to pick up 3 virgin boxes and the brass looks decent. He also has 5 boxes of the red box, so Im also assuming thats made by Norma? Which would you grab given the opportunity? Or would you just go with starline or winchester?

I was born in 85' never even heard of Herters...

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Various Herter's ammo is still being produce (mostly made by Winchester to my limited knowledge) . . . not necessarily known for quality ammo. I've used some their ammo and it was cheap ammo and I got what I paid for. . . poor results. That doesn't mean that the brass can't perform well, but that'll depend on your reloading process and skill level.

 

[kyotekiller25]

I've been handloading and shooting for 30 years, 25 of those have been at 1K. I'm decent. This isn't a precision rifle buy any means, just a factory model 70 coyote light. But it will be used for coyotes and steel at 600 yards, so it does need to be consistent.

These look pretty old, from the 50s or 60s from my limited research. Not a lot of info on them. Anything made in Finland or Sweden has got to be decent quality, and better than the rem, win, fed, hornady stuff you would think, right?

 

[db2000]

Has anyone ever used this brass? It's older Herters white and red box brass that says made in Finland (white box) made in Sweden (red box) Would I be right to assume the white box were made by Sako or Lapua? Are they of high quality? I have the opportunity to pick up 3 virgin boxes and the brass looks decent. He also has 5 boxes of the red box, so Im also assuming thats made by Norma? Which would you grab given the opportunity? Or would you just go with starline or winchester?

I was born in 85' never even heard of Herters...

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In fairness they were guaranteeing “world’s finest” a long time ago lol. That being said probably fine given your speculations.

 

[tekmann2377]

While I don't think I have used that vintage of Herter's brass, I did shoot a bunch of their older 308 brass several years ago for plinking loads in an AR-10. None of these loads were very hot, or intended for exceptional accuracy, but they survived at least 8 firings before they were too beat up and sent to be stretched to death on their final firing in the FAL I owned at that time.

 

[kyotekiller25]

I was pretty set on starline for the price/quality before I came across these.

Yah these appear to be like 60-70 years old lol. But still, if they're made by Sako, Lapua, or Norma, they've still gotta be pretty decent you'd think. They're about the same cost wise as the Starlines is the only reason I'm considering them, and the fact they could potentially be great cases for that price. How much better than starline I don't know. But all the reviews from starline, and my limited experience with their 556 brass has been great. They were much more consistent weight wise than Lapua 223 out of the box.