Nosler brass

I had a box of 50 Nosler .270 Win brass arrive the other day. Whoever makes these specifically I do not know, but the quality of my batch seemed good.

All flash holes were deburred cleanly. Case mouths were chamfered cleanly, with some showing the slightest bit of being a non-concentric chamfer, but overall looked OK to me.

All 50 were trimmed to the same length +/- 1/1000" @ 2.525".

2 Had small dings on the mouth and nowhere else.

I weighed all 50 cases on a gem scale. The heaviest case weighed 201.86 grains and the lightest weighed 200.84 grains. I don't know to what level you guys sort your brass, but roughly a 1 grain spread for the batch of 50 seemed acceptable to me.
 
slugger said:
I would send it back then!

Anyone can get lucky and get some good brass from anybody, but why would you chance it when you know that no matter how bad the problem, they will not stand behind it? That is my main issue.

If I bought a box of bad Lapua brass from my supplier, I am confident that he would take it back and make it right. ALL my Lapua brass has been outstanding- it is disappointing to hear that about the 6.5-284. On the other hand, all 3 boxes of Nosler brass that I have purchased have been a huge disappointment.
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I am very suprised you didn't get anywhere with Nosler's customer service.
I bought some accubonds from a local store that were deformed and badly discolored. I called Nosler and they sent a new box the same day. They didn't even hesitate to send me a new box or ask me to send them the defective bullets. All I had to do was provide them with a lot number. I probably could have taken the same box back to the store and had it replaced or returned it but I chucked it instead.
I have 150 pieces of 280ai brass from Nosler. I haven't had any issues with their brass or their customer service.
 
My 2 cents

My 200 pieces of .260 are great. A couple of the necks were dinged up from transport, thats all. I've got 100 pieces of 30-06 that are great too. I loaded up 20 for the 06 strait out of the box, not sized or anything. They shot extreme spreads of less than 10 fps! I like em!:D
 
Nosler claims that their brass is "ready to load" and I will agree with that for the most part. My 260 brass has necks that have been turned so thin that they cannot be resized to hold a bullet with standard off-the-shelf dies. Nosler didn't care and just told me to buy a smaller bushing! I guess they assumed I used bushing dies for this caliber. The runnout on loaded ammo using once fired brass was far greater than my Lapua stuff- this tells me that the brass thickness varies. Probably why they turned the necks so thin- that's what it took to clean them up.

Nat had the same problem - read his post.
 
Concerning the .280 Improved.........

those were the cartridge cases I was told Norma was making; I'd imagine they are making some others, too. As far as Federal making some, and the attendant problems, it wouldn't surprise me. I'm wondering if Norma was selected or asked to supply that because of the fact they were willing, or what, maybe experience w/the sharp shoulder? The individual that told me about that, had gotten some .280 Improved and wanted more, as he was selling out, Norma told him, "No". When he reminded them they had already sold him some, he was told, "That was a mistake." He asked again and they told him that mistake "....would not be repeated." :D :D
 
Not trying to hijack the thread here . . . but . . .

First, most retailers note "no returns on ammo/reloading components." That's pretty standard. I imagine if it's "defective" it would be replaced, but can you argue that "defective" means inconsistent?

OK, so I bought some once-fired Federal Match brass. Now I'm being told it's "soft" and only good for maybe five loads.

Lapua seems to be the "benchmark standard." Midway is supposed to get backordered stocks of Lapua 308 Win. shipped today -- 3-31-09
 
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