[PCJim]

Winchester, but have CCI and Wolf to add to the mix.

[AususA]

I have used Winchester for ALL my reloads. Pistol and Rifle. They are by far the best I have used by far. I haven't used starline, but I have used mostly all the other ones. With my Winchester brass, I'm at like 11 reloads, but with one piece of .45 brass, I am at 47 reloads that I have done on purpose just to see how much it can take

[sigpro357]

Ive reloaded a lot of different headstamp types. I think a lot of problems has to do with mismatched components. Its crazy how different manufactured primers seat in different case types.

[Gpruitt54]

What makes one mfg's brass better than another Mfg's brass?

[ragsflh]

nt brass just uses small primers i have it in 45 acp,40 sw 10mm

[ar154life]

I see NNY brass ranked as "junk". I've heard of people reloading them with good results.

They sold under the Monarch brand.

[Zer0]

I'd like to add prvi partisan's PPU brass works quite well.

Also, i've had good results with s&b in 45 acp, but in 303 british the brass was quite weak and the heads separate after 2 loads

[G2065G]

I didnt see this on the main post so I'll add it. LY 9x19. Half the time the primers fall out of factory loads. I reloaded a few and had two primers fall out when fired.

L Y - China North Industries Corp., (NORINCO), 7A Yue Tan Nan Jie, Beijing, Peoples Republic of China

[VN350X10]

Some lots of that Norinco brass are very good....but typical Chinese metallurgy being such as it is, inconsistancy is the only constant !
Save your time & scrap it.

uncle albert

[FrankB1948]

I ordered 1k 40 S&W from Starline last week. They said the next run of brass was in mid April. Then they delivered today, I'm a happy customer.

[Mtwain]

Originally Posted by SILVERBACK32

What's wrong with Speer?

Spear brass is good, however some primers are a bit to big and a little bit of the primer is sheared off leaving a thin piece behind. I use Winchester primers and gave up on the Speer brass because of this.

[WRXcelration]

I have had horrible experience w/ WCC and S&B in my Hornady LnL

[QNman]

Originally Posted by gwalchmai

I've only used a few Blazer brass, but they worked fine in .45ACP.

I bought 500 rounds of Blazer Brass at one time, then another 200 later. The earliest is labeled CCI, the later is labeled BLAZER. The CCI I have reloaded several times, with no issues. The Blazer I'm just getting to, but so far, so good.

I will note that the polish on the case head is nicer on the CCI than on the BLAZER.

All in .45 ACP.

[danrum]

I, like RICO 567, have picked up and reloaded and shot many 1000's of .40S&W, 9mm, 10mm, .45ACP, .357SIG; .38Spc, .357Mag and others and only occasionally run into a piece of brass that will not reload properly -possibly due to having been reloaded many times before and is worn out; damaged from a hot load; stepped on; manufacturing defect; etc. Don't stress out about it. Clean your brass -the do not have to be shiny to work well; Keep your reloads within the powder and bullet manufacturers data parameters and use care when reloading; discard ANY suspect case for ANY reason (brass is cheap compared to your weapon!) and you will probably have good results with most any brand.