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New Lapua Brass for 2024

bozo699 said:
I’m glad they don’t same as I’m glad they don’t make 6brx or Dasher, if it was easy everyone and there dog would be doing it, which we want people in the sport but this keeps us on our toes, you have to want it bad to go through all the processes that we do.
Wayne
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So true. My brother came to shoot with me once and he has virtually unlimited funds so buying a top notch rifle smithed by the best of the best wouldn’t be an issue. I let him shoot my 6 dasher at 600 yards and he did remarkably well. The entire ride home he talked about wanting to buy a rifle to compete in F class. Knowing he isn’t of the tinkerer kind or an engineer that likes to experiment like I do. I told him to come over the next weekend to discuss it before shooting. My real motive was to see how he handled it when he arrived and I told him I hadn’t loaded for either rifle and we’d have to prep and load about 50 rounds for each gun. We loaded for both rifles and I walked him through each process. In total it took about 3.5-4 hours. When we were done, he said “do you have to do this every time you shoot?”
I said “of course you do, you can’t really compete with factory ammo at 600 yards, and nobody loads 6 dasher commercially even if you wanted to buy it”. From that day forward he never spoke of building/buying a competition rifle or reloading again.
 
D-4297 said:
Sorry ! Big freakin whoop , when they can't manage to make and ship any .308 Palma Brass to one of their primary markets . But they can make "new" brass in another caliber ? So what am I missing ?
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Let's be honest, #1 it is about making money #2 also about demand. Lapua has been the gold standard of brass for a few decades and if you search these pages on the forum you'll see that even reamers are made for Lapua brass so others have to be modified to be able to use other brands of brass. If I have a new market where I could sell 100,000 units vs an old market where I could sell 50,000 where would I invest in? Just like powder, H4198 is limited in where it can be used and I wonder how many # of H4198 they could sell if every 30BR shooter ordered 8#? Just my thoughts.
 
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Dave M. said:
So true. My brother came to shoot with me once and he has virtually unlimited funds so buying a top notch rifle smithed by the best of the best wouldn’t be an issue. I let him shoot my 6 dasher at 600 yards and he did remarkably well. The entire ride home he talked about wanting to buy a rifle to compete in F class. Knowing he isn’t of the tinkerer kind or an engineer that likes to experiment like I do. I told him to come over the next weekend to discuss it before shooting. My real motive was to see how he handled it when he arrived and I told him I hadn’t loaded for either rifle and we’d have to prep and load about 50 rounds for each gun. We loaded for both rifles and I walked him through each process. In total it took about 3.5-4 hours. When we were done, he said “do you have to do this every time you shoot?”
I said “of course you do, you can’t really compete with factory ammo at 600 yards, and nobody loads 6 dasher commercially even if you wanted to buy it”. From that day forward he never spoke of building/buying a competition rifle or reloading again.
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^^^^^^^
A few years back I was at the range with my 30BR. Several 4-H club members, who had just finished their rim fire match, came over to look. They looked at the targets and were amazed. I asked one of the older ones if he wanted to shoot it. Heck yea.

I gave him a short lesson on bench technique and the 1.5 ounce trigger, and of course, the flags.

He shot a five shot group at around .250 inch. He was amazed

But then they started looking at all of the “stuff” I had there, (loading at the range), the flags, the bench set-up, the custom bullets, the very expensive rifle……….and you could see the balloon deflate.

Sure, you do not HAVE to have it. But……..l.l:rolleyes:
 
Most folks acquire their equipment over time. You start with basic reloading and
one cartridge and you perfect that part. See how you like reloading and shooting and then
perhaps move up to Benchrest and premium equipment. This way its not a astronomical $ figure
and not so cost prohibitive. Just a thought.
 
I for one am happy to wait for Lapua to do what they need to do, and glad that EU, or at least some of its members are maybe going to look after their own defense. Hopefully they will end the aggression in Europe this time without letting it involve the whole world. And if the only problem I face is my favorite brass cases being out of stock, well that's just great. Surely the safety of the whole of Europe is more important than me going to the range, but thats just me. Great product, and as near as I can tell great people, I hope they can find a way to be safe and secure.
 
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