Question about brass for new rifle

[Field_2_Fork]

I'm in the process of buy a used rifle, Cooper Model 52 Excalibur in 6.5-284. It has a new barrel (26" 1:8) from a local barrel maker here in Alberta - Bob Jury. This is the nicest rifle I've ever bought and my first time with a custom barrel, very excited!

I am starting to source components, dies, brass etc. There's an opportunity on a Canadian forum for new in box Lapua brass, there are 2 boxes available for $140 each which is a great price that would save me $60 below retail.

My concern is I'm quite certain they are from different lots, one is blue box and the other is gold box. I've never heard of gold box before but from the googling I did it seems to be the same as the more current blue box (despite rumors that there were significant differences).

Is it a concern to buy different lots? I would likely mix them together and run them all. Would I be better off just using one box at a time?

I am mainly a hunter, but since joining here I've been working on improving my reloading and shooting. I recently joined the BR league at my local range, we shoot 3 weeks at 100, 200 and 300 yards, that's the limit at my range. Someday I hope to stretch its legs, as well as use it for hunting.

 

[Ramblerman]

Buy and shoot them! If you are worried about it, shoot one box up before the other...it's not a benchrest rifle...it won't care.

 

[Bill Norris]

BUY IT LOAD IT SHOOT IT

 

[Field_2_Fork]

That's what I figured, likely over thinking things after doing SO MUCH reading on here the past few months. Thanks.

 

[jonbearman]

I know I will get flamed for this but we tried 3 kinds of brass in my friends 6mm-284. In the end the Norma I got him was the most accurate brass. Lapua was close and the Hornady was fair but to soft.

 

[dgeesaman]

I'm in the process of buy a used rifle, Cooper Model 52 Excalibur in 6.5-284. It has a new barrel (26" 1:8) from a local barrel maker here in Alberta - Bob Jury. This is the nicest rifle I've ever bought and my first time with a custom barrel, very excited!

I am starting to source components, dies, brass etc. There's an opportunity on a Canadian forum for new in box Lapua brass, there are 2 boxes available for $140 each which is a great price that would save me $60 below retail.

My concern is I'm quite certain they are from different lots, one is blue box and the other is gold box. I've never heard of gold box before but from the googling I did it seems to be the same as the more current blue box (despite rumors that there were significant differences).

Is it a concern to buy different lots? I would likely mix them together and run them all. Would I be better off just using one box at a time?

I am mainly a hunter, but since joining here I've been working on improving my reloading and shooting. I recently joined the BR league at my local range, we shoot 3 weeks at 100, 200 and 300 yards, that's the limit at my range. Someday I hope to stretch its legs, as well as use it for hunting.

I cycle my brass thru reloads in groups of 25. That’s half of a box, and with annealing 10x firings is easy, so I get 500 shots minimum from one box of brass. By that point if I switch to a new box of brass it’s probably changed tune already and adjusting for the brass lot happens is not a big deal.

David

 

[MGYSGT]

I have two active boxes of Cartridges. Each a different lot. Pretty easy to keep them separate in a single shot rifle. I do this even though I really don't see any difference in how they shoot.

 

[GoldieMI]

I just bought a blue box 100 rounds of Lapua brass for my new to me Savage 12 in 6.5-284.
Loading them up this week as Factory Ammo is ~70.00 US for 20 Rounds-

thinking of using the following:
140 Grain Hybrid Target Berger bullets (same as my 6.5 Creed loads)
H4350 Powder
CCI-200 LR Primer