Wondering if anybody here has any experience with Sig rifle brass ? Good, bad, or indifferent. I have 50 pcs. I purchased a few years back and never used them. Was thinking about necking them down to .260.
.308 SIG BRASS
- Thread starter Bill Norris
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I have used Sig Brass exclusively in two rifles, one of them is on the 10th and 11th firing. My brass was purchased 3-4 years ago. I would have to compare apples to apples with Starline.
It ain't Lapua, but it ain't bad!
It ain't Lapua, but it ain't bad!
WOW Great comments on it. Thanks guys for the info. Will most likely go ahead with my plans to neck it down.
AckleymanII
Gold $$ Contributor
I consider it second to lapua, ONLY!
I have been using a lot of Sig brass. 22-250, 308, 300 Win Mag, and others. Great stuff. Great price direct from the Sig web site.
Necked down 10 pcs. of this brass to 260 and fired them in my 260AI. While blowing out brass with same load as with Lapua brass (100 gr. Hornady A-max) the group size was averaging @ .375 or less (and some .250 groups) which has been about normal for Lapua. Will need to re-load these with a 260AI (140 gr. Berger) load and see what they show me. At this point I will have to agree with AckleymanII that it seems kind of close to Lapua. Will post further results.
I have some older .308 brass that cam annealed and like I said is so nice I have been saving it and loading my regular federal and remington brass , using it up... I only shoot rifles for fun so it's hard for me to pay Lapua prices... If you look you can find who they get their brass from , I know they have changed becouse the new .308 brass is not annealed like the old... They may be making their own now since their in the ammo busness....
I bought a bag of Winchester brass and took it back , it was absolutely horrible... That's when I found the Sig brass... It was basically the same price as the Winchester... After getting it home and looking at it a drove an hour back and bought the rest they had... It's still in the bags sealed in a five gallon bucket somewhere in my reloading room.... I hope it works out for you , there's alot of price difference between it and Lapua....
I tried it in the 260AI and 308. It seems to be good brass. A friend of mine was in need of brass so I gave it to him and he is still loading and using it. I would not hesitate to use it in any of my rifles.
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I have one lot, 500 pieces, of Sig 22-250 brass made into 6XC. It has been loaded 5 times now with 115s for 600 and 1000 yards, not a light load. I have not lost a single case yet for any reason.
ASbobcat
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ASbobcat
Silver $$ Contributor
Thanks, good info.
ASbobcat
Silver $$ Contributor
Thanks.
I called SIG customer support and they said their Creedmoor brass is SRP, but standard flash hole. Probably doesn't make a lot of difference, but I would ask anyone who has some to provide actual flash hole info.
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