New Winchester 223 brass ?
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DLT
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Well yea. Might not be the most consistent brass in the world but yes you can develop a good load with it
DLT
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There will be someone chime in bashing the piss out of it because it’s not lapua or lake city. Give it some time lol
Nothing wrong with Winchester brass. Some just like to buy more expensive brass, they all do the job, just fine for the average reloader and then some. Winchester, like Reminton and other company brass makers has been used in ammunition for years and it hits paper and game just fine and brings home fun on paper and game for the freezers.
I've used it for many years. In my experience, it's more uniform than Remington.
My only complaint is that I would normally find a few cases that had uncorrectable defects such as folds in the neck and shoulder area in every bag of 100 cases. In some bags, as many as 5 defectives.
My favorite of recent years has been Hornaday, but they have not been available, at least as far as I could determine, for the last 2 years.
My only complaint is that I would normally find a few cases that had uncorrectable defects such as folds in the neck and shoulder area in every bag of 100 cases. In some bags, as many as 5 defectives.
My favorite of recent years has been Hornaday, but they have not been available, at least as far as I could determine, for the last 2 years.
coldboreshot
Silver $$ Contributor
My Savage 12BVSS shoots in the 1's with Winchester brass with the aid of a Berger 52g FB. I'd say the brass is fine. Working on 22nd reloading on same 100 pcs.
DLT
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I think I heard that not long ago. Didn’t know if it was truth or hearsay
I believe Winchester has the government contract. Was Federal.
Dusty Stevens
Shiner
Even when winchester runslake city they still make winchester brass in their normal factory and the lake city brass is still made in the lake city factory on the same machines by the same folks no matter who has the current contract
I shot Winchester XTC for 15 years with good results. I'd visually inspect all cases for the defects others have mentioned then gently de-bur the flash hole, trim to length and chamfer the mouth. I'd load 80 gr SMKs for 600 slow fire in the virgin cases then move them to the 200/300 pile after one firing at 600. Learned this from a much better shooter.
IMO most brass can be made to shoot well, some just take more prep work than others. And for casual shooting, hunting, etc Winchester is fine.
IMO most brass can be made to shoot well, some just take more prep work than others. And for casual shooting, hunting, etc Winchester is fine.
jepp2
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I was preparing for a friendly competition of my rifle vs my buddies rifle. I was shooting a Rem 40 XBR in 222. This target convinced me to use the Win brass for our friendly match.
Went to work for dupont in 82. Good outfit to work for. Olin got the contract around 85 and started cutting jobs and piling more work on you so they could make more money. Never was a big winchester fan. For a boss. The old L.C. stuff before 85 probably got checked more. They make it different now anyway. May be excellent I dont know. Doug
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