Have been reloading for about 1 year in 270 win caliber for hunting and target shooting. Reusing my fired brass but now am looking for the best unprimed, new brass to purchase to optimize accuracy. Could not find 270 Win in Lapua and saw some bad reviews from Norma brass. Hornady? Winchester? Nosler? Using Redding competition 3 die set with 301 bushing currently as I neck turn and sort brass by weight. Looking for bullet run out of about .002" or less. Comments please.
Best umprimed brass to purchase for 270 winchester reloading?
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Brians356
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Since you're neck turning and sorting, I'd go with Winchester for $0.56 apiece (available at Midway). They also have Hornady for $0.68, but I doubt it's worth the extra $$ over WInchester.
But I see Midway has Nosler on clearance sale at $0.89 apiece. That's going to save time trimming and straightening out case mouths, and they are usually well over $1.00:
https://www.midwayusa.com/product/211696/nosler-custom-reloading-brass-270-winchester-box-of-50
But I see Midway has Nosler on clearance sale at $0.89 apiece. That's going to save time trimming and straightening out case mouths, and they are usually well over $1.00:
https://www.midwayusa.com/product/211696/nosler-custom-reloading-brass-270-winchester-box-of-50
Went to Midway to ck on Nosler brass. Many good reviews and some bad ones. Mainly primer pockets blowing out. One feedback mentioned getting Lapua 270 win. But I could not find Lapua carrying the 270 Winchester caliber. Any thoughts on this. I would like to reload many times as I only size the head space back .002 and many times only neck size with the redding die (OD). If the primer pockets tend to blow out early that negates all my other prep work. Thanks for any help!
Brians356
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They also have Norma for $1.08 apiece, but it also has a reputation for being "soft" (and some think maybe they are Nosler's supplier.) I would go with Winchester, especially since they have a reputation for being a little harder and tougher than, say, Remington.
You could buy the available Lapua 30-06 and simply run it through a 270 Win full-length sizer die, but the necks will come out a little shorter than nominal, on the order of .040" shorter from what I read. [Edit] The 270 was apparently based on 30-03 Springfield, which was .050" longer than 30-06. By necking down, however, you will gain a little of that back since the brass must flow somewhere.
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I've had good results with Federal brass, I have some with 8 fireings that seem to be holding up. The winchester and WW susuper are good too but i seem to get a more consistant neck tension and average case weight with Federal. E
Brians356
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Where can the OP buy Federal brass right now? (I made it a point to only discuss what's available from the usual suspects.)
I have loaded some pretty good ammo in my 270 using everyday Winchester brass . The good thing about 270's and 30/06's is that just before deer season there are lots of once fired cases laying on the ground at my local range. Lots of hunter don't reload and leave perfectly good brass laying on the ground for me to pick up. I've been getting 1/2 to 3/4" groups using range brass
Brians356
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Scouting for brass at our county range used to be half the fun, especially when waiting for a target break. There were also lots of oddball cases, a good way to start a small collection. However, our county facility recently put up signs "Picking up brass NOT allowed!" and they're dead serious about enforcing it.
Ours has PVC tubes for ignorant shooters to deposit their empty cases in. I wouldn't think of opening one and taking any of that brass, but hey, if it's on the ground it goes in my pocket... Who's to say I isn't my brass I'm picking up anyway?? So at your range they won't let you police your own brass?? If so it's time to sell the semi auto and buy a revolver.Scouting for brass at our county range used to be half the fun, especially when waiting for a target break. There were also lots of oddball cases, a good way to start a small collection. However, our county facility recently put up signs "Picking up brass NOT allowed!" and they're dead serious about enforcing it.
Why not buy Lapua 30-06 & neck down?
Brians356
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You can pick up your own brass. But if they see you wandering around picking up stuff at random, they stop you.
Brians356
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<thump thump> Is there an echo in here?
If you will, care to tell us rifle /scope type, bullets used, rest set-up , and intended use for what range? What kind of accuracy have you been getting from this set-up? What is your goal accuracy-wise?
FWIW-Graf's has 5 different brands in stock. A few forum members have commented how good PRVI brass is.
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Rifle is a Ruger American 270 with a Leupold VX-2, target bullets Nosler ballistic tip 130 gr, hunting bullets Nosler partition 130 or 160 gr, typical hunting range on our leased property is 100 to 130 yards, setting up a new target range of 320 yards. Use small 3 bag set as rest on a shooting bench we built. Also have a lead sled but don't use it anymore unless setting up a new scope..... I have been getting groups of about 1 to 1.25 inch at 100 yds. Would like to get down to 1/2 to 3/4. I am a newbie and retired so reloading has turned into a hobby. Started with RCBS dies, then LEE 4 die set and just got the Redding competition 3 die set. A Sinclair runout gage alerted me to how much misalignment there is between the case and the bullet and the problems with neck sizing causing runout. On some purchased bullets (Winchester from Walmart) I found R/O over .008 and then started sorting and only found about 1/2 the bullets had R/O of less than .004. That's why I am looking for good brass now - believe the better you get it the better you got it!
Some things that might help you wring out the most accuracy from your rig:
#1- If the scope does not have Parallax adjustment, and you don't do anything to minimize it, your accuracy suffers
#2- IMHO- you will do better -accuracy wise and brass longevity wise to FL size every time.
#3- Lastly, you are going the extra mile in brass prep (neck turn, weighing cases, using competition dies, checking bullet run-out) most of the things that competition shooters do. Just keep in mind that the rifle was designed and built for hunting use and not for target shooting. Those in competition will spend big dollars to net a .1 MOA accuracy gain because they know their gun/scope should be able to realize the gain.
I had good results with RWS and Norma
True of most of us who don't get out to shoot as often as we would like. The cheapest way to acquire accuracy from the bench cost $3.....a roll of survey tape and some rods and make wind flags. Without these, that 1/2" to 3/4" goal will not be possible......I am talking repeatable accuracy which I think is what you are after.
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