ADG Brass
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shoot4fun
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Got my ADG 6.5PRC brass yesterday. I weighed it and measured neck thickness in comparison to Hornady. The weight, while slightly heavier than Hornady, is not a great deal of difference. I believe I will be able to use my current load (or within .2) as I was not at the top of the SAAMI pressure levels. Also, the necks are much more consistent in thickness all around. My measurement varied by .0001 where Hornady was .0015 and the ADG neck thickness was very consistent case to case. I have a 1.25" 30" 8T Krieger chambered in 6.5PRC for my Bat MB and plan to use this brass for it. My Hornady will keep up duty for banging steel in my other rifle for 6.5PRC.
shoot4fun
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I have some that I have loaded three times and it is still as good as new. No primer pocket expansion, cracks or other issues. When I got the first rifle chambered I had two boxes of Hornady factory ammo (one Match and the other hunting) for initial break-in and comparison purposes. I reloaded it once and after the second firing twenty-one pieces of the forty had issues with the necks. All twenty-one had cracks or stretch marks and 8 of them had splits. I called Hornady and sent hem pics. They were unable to offer any insight but happily sent me a package of fifty new pieces of brass to replace them. I still don't have a clue why this happened, as the chamber was done with the Hornady spec'd reamer from Manson. I used the Hornady dies (non bushing) for my reloading and have seen no problems since.
shoot4fun
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It is very nice brass. Can't wait to load it up and try it. It is very expensive though; my 6.5PRC brass cost me $1.70/pc. shipped. On the plus side though, it was shipped in very high quality plastic ammo boxes packed with good foam to keep the brass from getting neck/mouth damage in shipping so I figure those were worth at least $4 each.
Kind of my thought too. I usually need to cut some foam and put in the ammo boxes to keep fired cases from spilling around in the ammo boxes so the foam is a little bonus too. Just ordered 100 6.5 PRC, noticed it is exactly double the price of their 6.5 Creedmoor. Thought about ordering some of that too but have 800 virgin Hornady 6.5 Creedmoor so should be good on that for a while.
I also noticed after I placed my order that orders over $250 get free shipping.
Alex Wheeler
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As an update to this thread, ADG has been around long enough and I have used enough of it in different cases that I will say I will choose it over Lapua if its an option. In my opinion its the best stuff made in the cases its offered in. It sorts excellent, necks are consistent, it handles higher pressures, and now its being used in BR rifles so I know it will shoot with anything out there. I still want my 280 ai brass 
Keep campaigning Alex, I'm sure they'll get there with it - hell, they've got 300wsm brass coming so 280AI should be a walk in the park! Straight 284 brass would sell well.As an update to this thread, ADG has been around long enough and I have used enough of it in different cases that I will say I will choose it over Lapua if its an option. In my opinion its the best stuff made in the cases its offered in. It sorts excellent, necks are consistent, it handles higher pressures, and now its being used in BR rifles so I know it will shoot with anything out there. I still want my 280 ai brass
Alex Wheeler
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I think with the primer pockets in 284 brass, ADG would own that market.
Jud96
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How do you like Peterson? I have had excellent luck with Peterson in everything I have tried it in. And they make 280 AI brass.As an update to this thread, ADG has been around long enough and I have used enough of it in different cases that I will say I will choose it over Lapua if its an option. In my opinion its the best stuff made in the cases its offered in. It sorts excellent, necks are consistent, it handles higher pressures, and now its being used in BR rifles so I know it will shoot with anything out there. I still want my 280 ai brass
L.Sherm
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I want some, pretty please!! LOL
Looking forward to hearing how it goes - I've got some pre-ordered, but that's coming to Australia and won't be here before November at least.
PA Jeep
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Anyone know of any preorder in the US?
Got an email from ADG last Friday (23JUL21) that 7 SAUM brass was being shipped to suppliers.
I must say that initially, I was somewhat disappointed with the ADG brass in 7 SAUM. My pet load developed with Norma brass did not shoot as well with the ADG brass and the prospect of going back the the drawing board to develop a new 7 SAUM load was not appealing. To their credit though they say right in the description of the product on their website that load re-developement should be done starting with a 10% reduction in powder. After some tweaking to get the accuracy back I would agree that the ADG brass is on par with Lapua (in other calibers of course) and possibly superior. One benefit I noticed was that I could get the same MV I was getting with the Norma brass with a few grains less powder.
I must say that initially, I was somewhat disappointed with the ADG brass in 7 SAUM. My pet load developed with Norma brass did not shoot as well with the ADG brass and the prospect of going back the the drawing board to develop a new 7 SAUM load was not appealing. To their credit though they say right in the description of the product on their website that load re-developement should be done starting with a 10% reduction in powder. After some tweaking to get the accuracy back I would agree that the ADG brass is on par with Lapua (in other calibers of course) and possibly superior. One benefit I noticed was that I could get the same MV I was getting with the Norma brass with a few grains less powder.
It's been good in my 300prc
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