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Alpha 6BRA brass

I measured neck thickness on 2 cases and found it different. How is the neck thickness/overall consistency on larger lots?
 
103 Hammers and yes it’s an .080 flash hole. My guess is we may not need magnum primers with the larger Flashhole. But that’s just a wilda$$ Guess. No proof yet.

Interesting. I hope not, I finally found 2 cases of CCI400 primers. Don't have many 450's, they never shot as well with my Lapua brass. I've got 300 pieces of Alpha I'm gonna try in a PRS gun this year. I'll let Tom test it in his bench guns before I dive in :cool: :cool:
 
Interesting. I hope not, I finally found 2 cases of CCI400 primers. Don't have many 450's, they never shot as well with my Lapua brass. I've got 300 pieces of Alpha I'm gonna try in a PRS gun this year. I'll let Tom test it in his bench guns before I dive in :cool: :cool:
I’d say the magnums will be fine to.
 
So you are saying it has a chance?? Haha. I’d say 30.00 is where I’d be


We'll see soon, this was brand new brass, and the barrel had only 54 rounds through it at that point. Will tune it with another similar ladder and see where it's going to be. Doing the same with lapua cases as well. Eventually I'll get them in some head to head ladders, on the best tune for each.

Tom
 
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I am getting ready to buy 200ct of brass for the 2021 season... I've never had any complaints about lapua at all. Always been "the gold standard" in my book for quality... but if I can get something already fire formed AND made in America!!! That sounds pretty great! Even though I would probably shoot it at least once in an old barrel with same chamber first to set it. I'll certainly be watching this thread close! Can't wait to get back to deep creek! Little farther drive for me this year but I'll be there!

James
 
She definitely sped up on fired brass and now at 111 round count. Had a small problem with my dot falling off today.

Sure seems 103-108 6mm like it in the low 2900s
 
Alpha is in Salt Lake City. I went there last week and picked up a couple hundred 6BRA cases. Good people, and very willing to show someone their operation. It's not large, but the machines are impressive. Represents a quite substantial commitment and investment. You don't just go down to the brassmaking-machine store and buy those things, they're engineered and then built according to real tight spec's. As you can imagine, there's not a big demand for them. Tom was happy to show me their machines and how they work and the steps in how they make brass. Very interesting. Any other customer would receive the same treatment. The brass is beautiful. My remage nut barrel is set with about .003-.005" crush on a new Lapua case. This Alpha brass and fired cases headspace identically on the Whidden gauge, I like that. So far I've not shot any, only put some loads together. The primer pockets are very tight with BR4's, and I like that too. I expect the stuff will be just outstanding.
 
Alpha is in Salt Lake City. I went there last week and picked up a couple hundred 6BRA cases. Good people, and very willing to show someone their operation. It's not large, but the machines are impressive. Represents a quite substantial commitment and investment. You don't just go down to the brassmaking-machine store and buy those things, they're engineered and then built according to real tight spec's. As you can imagine, there's not a big demand for them. Tom was happy to show me their machines and how they work and the steps in how they make brass. Very interesting. Any other customer would receive the same treatment. The brass is beautiful. My remage nut barrel is set with about .003-.005" crush on a new Lapua case. This Alpha brass and fired cases headspace identically on the Whidden gauge, I like that. So far I've not shot any, only put some loads together. The primer pockets are very tight with BR4's, and I like that too. I expect the stuff will be just outstanding.
So tell me how you get a primer pocket uniformer in them? I used a depth mic and they need to be done. Nice brass other than that one issue.... jim
 

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