What's the Go-To 223 Brass Now?

[Qpski]

Starline 556 works great for 223 Palma rifles.

 

[XTREM HTR16]

The Norma 223 brass sucks giant balsacs. It's super soft. The new LC from Midway is pretty decent. One option: buy Berger .223 ammo loaded with Lapua brass.

Everyone in this thread needs to write Alpha and Peterson asking "Where 223?"

How many loadings can I expect to get? Thx

 

[JR1200W3]

How many loadings can I expect to get? Thx

On which? The Norma? Two loadings of 24gr Varget with 80gr SMKs loaded to 2.5" yielded two loadings

 

[XTREM HTR16]

On which? The Norma? Two loadings of 24gr Varget with 80gr SMKs loaded to 2.5" yielded two loadings

Yes Norma. Before brass needs to be thrown out. If it’s super soft I won’t expect to get more than one or two reloads on it I guess

 

[chd]

I'm mildly surprised no one has mentioned Federal GMM brass. Unless someone did and I skimmed right over it?

 

[MustangGreg66]

I'm mildly surprised no one has mentioned Federal GMM brass. Unless someone did and I skimmed right over it?

Is it any different from other Federal 223 brass? I've read lots of reports that Federal brass is soft. Haven't loaded enough of it myself to tell a difference.

To answer the OP - I've always had good luck with LC brass.