Lapua 220 Russia brass

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Steve Kostanich

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Just heard that Lapua is resuming production of 220 brass. Should be available in December.
Guess they heard about the Alpha 6PPC brass, and maybe decided they better get back in production.

If the Alpha brass is any good, why would you want to burn up components, and wear out barrels to get a useable 6PPC cases fireforming Lapua brass.

Anyone out there had a chance to try the Alpha 6PPC brass?

FWIW
Steve Kostanich
 
Send your 220 Russian to DJ's Brass Service. I have sent 2 boxes. 2 different times. And both came out great. Checked each case mouth, got a little dent but that happens with a .262" nk. A little bump in my die just to make sure. Load them up, ready to shoot. And saved components. Worth it.
 
zippy06 said:
Send your 220 Russian to DJ's Brass Service. I have sent 2 boxes. 2 different times. And both came out great. Checked each case mouth, got a little dent but that happens with a .262" nk. A little bump in my die just to make sure. Load them up, ready to shoot. And saved components. Worth it.
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I talked with Daryl 3 months ago. He says he's semi retired but still will do the brass. If Lapua start selling the Russian 220, that would be a good thing. As far as their customer service. It's less than desirable. I wrote them four emails throughout the year asking when production would start. They never answered one.
As far as Alpha brass goes. I'll let you know next weekend.
 
i have too much time and money tied up in using lapua 220 r to be a guinea pig for a new product. call me in a couple of years and let me know how its going. i know some who did some of the preproduction testing. i am not out of 220 russian yet
 
I've been using it since it became available. No complaints at all. You don't have to waste 100 primers and bullets, along with 1/2 pound of powder just to get them to resemble the cartridge they're supposed to be. Loads that produced clickers before, don't now, so I have no reason to go back.
 
I have twice fired 100 Alpha cases and can report that they make respectable brass. I also tested Star Line but I had problems with expanding primer pockets. I shoot 29.9 grains. of 133 consistently and the Alpha holds up without expansion. I love Lapua brass but Alpha is an excellent alternative.
 
Reports from others as well as my own experience has been great with Alpha. Lapua is and has been the gold standard. Let’s be happy we have two really great options! I’d love for that to continue.
 
amiabledave50 said:
I talked with Daryl 3 months ago. He says he's semi retired but still will do the brass. If Lapua start selling the Russian 220, that would be a good thing. As far as their customer service. It's less than desirable. I wrote them four emails throughout the year asking when production would start. They never answered one.
As far as Alpha brass goes. I'll let you know next weekend.
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Oh. Thanks for the heads up. I thought with the great product and turn around he would have a thriving business.
 
rsmithsr said:
contact paul at
PRP Custom Bullets & Brass
( lester bruno related...good stuff)
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Yep. Paul married Amy. Scott Haywood got me on that secret facebook site. Paul and Amy like to take pictures.
Got some Alpha from PMA-Pat, that's my winter project....I am good for a few years.
 
Steve Kostanich said:
Just heard that Lapua is resuming production of 220 brass. Should be available in December.
Guess they heard about the Alpha 6PPC brass, and maybe decided they better get back in production.

If the Alpha brass is any good, why would you want to burn up components, and wear out barrels to get a useable 6PPC cases fireforming Lapua brass.

Anyone out there had a chance to try the Alpha 6PPC brass?

FWIW
Steve Kostanich
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Steve, I posted my two videos on the Alpha Brass on this thread.
Enjoy.
Speedy
 
I thought I posted my results of Alph's 6ppc brass here. Or was it deleted? So here we go again. After I saw Speedy's "Update", (2 hours after he posted it) and tired of waiting on Lapua to come out with the 220 Russian. I immediately went to Alpha munitions and purchased two boxes. Their website says that each box weighs within one grain.
I found that the 200 pieces had a FOUR Grain Difference. As the picture shows. There are four rows, each row is a grain difference.
The top row of brass, from right to left is 113.00 to 113.84 grains. The second row weighed 112.00 to 112.98 grains. The third row Wade 111.06 to 111.84 grains. And the bottom row weighed 110.26 to 110.92 grains.
Tom Danielson (Alpha) apologized, said there was a mix-up! and sent me two new boxes. Wanted the other boxes back to see what the problem was. I couldn't get 50 pieces of brass to weigh with 0.15 grains of one another.
While the two new boxes are two days out from my doorstep. I get a notification from Bullet Central saying that they have the 220 brass in. I held off because Alpha Munitions was going to put their best foot forward. Then within a day I decided to buy the Russian. Sold out
After receiving the new brass and doing the prep work, I weighed them. They weighed 111.04 to 112.0 grains. I was able to get two groupings that weighed within 0.15 grains. And the concentricity of some that was just under .002". If I culled anything over 0.10 grains or concentricity over 0.001". I wouldn't have had one box of 50.
So I have 110 pieces of brass that are outside of my specs. Making each piece of brass cost $3 a piece.
Alpha Munitions will have to come a long way before I purchase anymore. Apologies if I stepped on anyone's toes.
 

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while i am a brass weigher/sorter, most short range guys claim they do not. i do not KNOW THE TRUTH.
but i sorted pre turning and fire forming and my sorts are small ..aprox 25 pcs per batch. typically sorted to a tenth. i did 2 boxes in one lot , twice worked fine. at least 7 useful lots
 
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