308 cases which ones

[dtucker]

I am getting ready soon to purchase some 308 brass for a build that is almost done. I know that i have seen some out with the small primer pockets and i am not sure which way to go. Have any of you used these and what do you think. What is the advantage if any? Do they work better with certain powders? The rifle will be in a 10 twist and i will be shooting 175+ bullets in this rifle. Comments please and if you can refer me to a artical on it that would be great....Thanks

 

[Travelor]

Get Lapua cases with the larger primer flash hole.

George

 

[SS427]

Get Lapua cases with the small primer flash hole.

 

[bheadboy]

You did not mention the use of the rifle, target, competition or hunting.

I agree with the two above, Lapau if target/competition, primer in my opinion is large,

if hunting with some target not competition, Win or Rem will do at a much lower price, I use these brands on my hunting rifles and they all shoot below .5"

Bob

 

[deadlyswift]

I asked this question a few weeks ago. The link below is the topic and what some of the others had to say about the small primer pocket 308 lapua.

I have 100 on my shelf but have not gotten around to using them. Theory is that the small rifle primer pockets with small rifle primer's have a more consistent ignition to the powder, witch gives you more consitency from shot to shot and lower ES/SD. A few guys have confrimed this.

http://www.accurateshooter.com/forum/index.php/topic,3748327.msg35865072.html#msg35865072

 

[North Fork]

I have tried the small and the large lapua brass. The small primer brass shot well at 100 and 200 yards but the large primer brass shot better at 300 yards, then the small primer brass. all so i ran into a problem trying to get the spent primers out of the small lapua brass.

 

[spclark]

Yes, those who use the new Lapua Palma brass need to keep in mind that the flash hole is smaller too - along with the primer pocket - that other 308 brass using large rifle primers.

You need a decapping rod of no more that .061" in diameter or you'll have trouble getting spent primers out of those cases.

I prefer Lapua over other brands if only for their longevity. I bought a box of the Palma brass this year & on paper at 1000 yards couldn't tell the difference between them and the Lapua 308 variety.

Winchester is next best and offers a little more case volume if you need it. Next would be Lake City Match but that's hard to come by....

 

[7x57 Shooter]

I have used a lot of Lapua brass, it is very good stuff. I use a lot of Winchester brass as well, for hunting it gets used most.

 

[Adam Morris]

My experiences with Winchester brass has been very positive in 308. Winchester brass offers greater case capacity, very good case wall consistency, lower price, and is reasonably durable. Lapua cases have not been measurably better in terms of case wall consistency in my experience, though they are pretty stout in terms of strength, seem to last a bit longer at max. pressure loads, and are in much better shape out of the box than any other brass I have seen. An interesting item is that Winchester brass typically measures +/- .464/5 and Lapua measures +/- .468/9 at the base. Winchester cases are often the case of choice in Long Range Competitive events. Some of the best lots of Lake City cases rival Lapua cases in terms of apparent strength and case wall consistency, but this condition seems to be the exception rather than the rule. My two cents.

 

[zfk55]

We've been working with a specialty rifle in .308........ meplat trimming, pointing, seperating projectiles by weight etc., and we've been doing the same with brass.
For this specific semi-auto Lake City LR new or once fired is mandated, but we got suspicious and brought in 100 Lapua match cases too.
The guaranteed once fired are from Jeff Bartlett, all 1,000 of them head stamped LR '04 and in perfect condition.
We sized and trimmed 100 of the LRs and all of the Lapuas and began weighing them. The spread on the Lapuas was no better than the LRs at all. We found no difference. Accuracy differences between the two was not measureable other than requiring a slightly different charge due to capacity differences, one being commercial and the other modified military.

Finding the LR isn't easy, but in the end the LR was less expensive.

Latigo

 

[Kenny474]

If you want easy to find brass and don't mind a bit of prep work, Winchester is the way to go. If you weight sort it and do a thorough prep it will perform very good and is economical as well. At $16.99 for 50 cases through Midway right now, or $41.30 for 100 from Sinclair, the price is hard to beat.

And there is always Lapua, though I have found my recent purchase of Winchester brass to be nearly as consistent as some lots of Lapua I have purchased in similar calibers(30-06). Lapua is very tough brass and will last through many loadings, but it's hard to make up for the 40% price difference, especially when the Winchester brass performs as well as it does.

 

[hardrock6]

LC match brass is very consistent also.