How is the Brass

[electronman1729]

Was thinking of buying some bulk 223. Has anyone had experience with reloading brass from these loads?

http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/69718-1.html
or
http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/57281-1.html

Just using the links as a reference.


Thanks

[jmg8550]

If you look around other reloading websites, most people consider Federal brass to be of poor quality. I haven't personally had issues with it. I guess they expect more reloads out of it. I think it is better than Remington though. I had a few case head separations out of Remington brass after the third reload (bolt gun). And I've reloaded Federal brass 4 times with no issues. That was out of a semi auto, which are usually very hard on brass anyway.

[electronman1729]

How is PMC brass for reloads? Whats is good manufactured ammo that can be reloaded? (USA ammo?)

Going to get into reloading shortly just looking for as much info as possible.

Thanks

[jmg8550]

PMC has worked well for me so far. Lake City is very good durable brass. It is thicker so you will have to reduce your load a bit. I think about 1 grain less is the standard, but I could be wrong. Also, Winchester in my opinion is very good brass. I have gotten several reloads with it reliably.

[Zombie Steve]

IMHO, Lake City should be high on your list for reloadable brass, then PMC, then darn near anything else, then Federal last. I have no issues with Federal in .45 auto (other than the fact that the godless commie heathens use a small primer sometimes), but in anything high pressure, I'll try just about anything else first.

I've had some good results with R-P (Remington) brass, but I've only ever used it in pistol and a scarce few .308's. R-P is pretty thin, but if you're loading lead, it's a little oversized anyway, so it seems to work ok.