ES13Raven Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 What are your Top 5 headstamp / brands for 9mm brass? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangeHooligan Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 ES13Raven, I only have a top two and they are Starline and Winchester, respectively. After that whatever I come across and is still sound is put to use. RH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLeeCZ Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Starline is tops. Federal, Winchester, and even Blazer brass. All else ends in a separate bag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razorfish Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 (edited) For 9mm, these are my top five head stamps listed in order of preference. In practice, I load and shoot almost any 9mm head stamps but toss out the Americ, S&B, Tulammo, A USA, Ammoload and PD. FC Speer Winchester Remington Blazer (CCI) I would add Starline to my list but I use range pickup brass. If I were buying new brass then Starline would jump to the top of my list. If I had a 1050, WCC would be on my list as it's really nice brass. As it is currently I have to hand swage my brass so military brass doesn't make the top five. Edited August 27, 2014 by razorfish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hi-Power Jack Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 For 9mm, these are my top five head stamps listed in order of preference. In practice, I load and shoot almost any 9mm head stamps but toss out the Americ, S&B, Tulammo, A USA, Ammoload and PD. FC Speer Winchester Remington Blazer (CCI) I would add Starline to my list but I use range pickup brass. If I were buying new brass then Starline would jump to the top of my list. If I had a 1050, WCC would be on my list as it's really nice brass. As it is currently I have to hand swage my brass so military brass doesn't make the top five. +1. Have to agree with Razor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve RA Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Winchester. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reshoot Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Head stamps? What's that? Never look at'em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxbat Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 I have used probably 20 or so brands in both 9mm regular, but hot, and in 9mm Major. Of all the brands I have used, only WInchester had regular ruptured cases. I think I found ONE Federal case that ruptured, but I had maybe 50 of Winchester... for this reason I don't use them. Among other good ones is Aguila. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noylj Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 If I tallied all my 9x19 cartridges, my favorite would be the one I had the most of--and so on down the line. None seem any 'better' than any other. If so, we would all be shooting that brand. If you are just asking about case brands, then, if I had to buy virgin cases, my first choice would be Starline (excellent cases and lower prices than the high-priced spread). My second choice would be Win or R.P. depending on price. Never had a ruptured case, except one .40S&W case and that was my fault and not the case's. I have had many cartridge cases and brands that have cracked after some number of firings, but never noticed any particular brand crack more than another--what I have noticed is that ONLY .38 Spl and .357 Mag cases seem to crack at a 1 or 2 per couple hundred case rate and as a sub-set, the nickel plated cases seem to crack more often than simply brass cases. Semi-auto cases seem to last until I lose them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hi-Power Jack Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 only WInchester ruptured. I've had three ruptures with 9mm major - two were WW, and I lost the third .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxbat Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Here is small collection of ruptured WIN cases, I have dozens more. As you can see - different guns, and admittedly - hot loads, but no other brass ruptured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ES13Raven Posted August 27, 2014 Author Share Posted August 27, 2014 Here is small collection of ruptured WIN cases, I have dozens more. As you can see - different guns, and admittedly - hot loads, but no other brass ruptured. So this issue is only for 9mm Major? Are the WIN cases thinner or softer than others? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxbat Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Here is small collection of ruptured WIN cases, I have dozens more. As you can see - different guns, and admittedly - hot loads, but no other brass ruptured. So this issue is only for 9mm Major? Are the WIN cases thinner or softer than others? No... you can see in the pictures several cases shot in Glock, and one or two in another gun, probably a Sig. Why the difference - I have no idea, and I also know that many people love the WIN brass, so just relaying my personal experience. I now pull out all WIN brass before I load. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve RA Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 All I use is Win in 9mm, but, don't load for major so can't comment on that level. Seems to be a good argument against using it for Major PF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jc3257 Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 For this reloading nube, why buy brass over just using range brass? Does it help accuracy, consistancy...etc? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mizer67 Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 (edited) The only brass I have ever had rupture was a Win case also. I was shooting only Speer at the time and this was a once-fired casing I picked up from my shooting buddy by mistake. It was once fired from Walmart WWB. It was not a hot load running about ~1050-1080 fps. Fortunately, no damage. Edited August 27, 2014 by mizer67 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hi-Power Jack Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 why buy brass over range brass? No reason I can think of - I use range brass for 9mm minor and major. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tac_driver Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 remmington winchester federal speer starline in no particular order Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bello Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 I like starline, WCC, winchester, Speer, s&b is great brass btw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hi-Power Jack Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 s&b is great brass btw I throw all my S&B brass (9mm) away - can't get the primers to go in the pockets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bello Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 s&b is great brass btw I throw all my S&B brass (9mm) away - can't get the primers to go in the pockets. No idea why mine work fine on my dillon 650 s&b is euro military brass I like it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxbat Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Yes, good brass, I like it too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaskillo Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 "FREE" is what I use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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