Best 6.5 creedmoor brass

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What is the go to 6.5 creedmoor brass today? Alpha, lapua or adg brass. Look to start loading for my 6.5 AR-10

 

[quikcolin]

I think many will say Lapua, but I just bought 150 small primer pocket Starlines. The reviews are outstanding and their initial quality is top shelf. Not to mention I got 150 cases for cheaper than 100 Lapua cases - win win

 

[ditter]

Lapua and Norma only for my 6.5CM

 

[Precision Underground]

I won’t run Lapua brass through an AR10. It just beats the hell out of it. Bolt guns get Lapua only but gas guns get a healthy diet of bulk package starline or hornady. I get .5-.7 MOA from it and that’s perfectly fine with me for a gas gun. Bonus is you don’t have to worry about those few pieces that seem to disappear upon ejection!

 

[DellaDog]

I‘m on 17-18 reloads for Peterson SRP and I’ve yet to lose a single case to loose pockets or spilt necks.

 

[DMP]

Lapua. I won't mess around changing this component.

 

[PinesAndProjectiles]

I‘m on 17-18 reloads for Peterson SRP and I’ve yet to lose a single case to loose pockets or spilt necks.

In a gasser?

 

[DellaDog]

Ah, no, missed that in the original post. Bolt with moderate load, 140 Hybrids, 41.5 gr H4350.

 

[DMP]

Ah, no, missed that in the original post. Bolt with moderate load, 140 Hybrids, 41.5 gr H4350.

I missed it too. My Lapua brass is used in high precision bolt guns.

 

[Steel head]

I won’t run Lapua brass through an AR10. It just beats the hell out of it. Bolt guns get Lapua only but gas guns get a healthy diet of bulk package starline or hornady. I get .5-.7 MOA from it and that’s perfectly fine with me for a gas gun. Bonus is you don’t have to worry about those few pieces that seem to disappear upon ejection!

this!

 

[goldenbear926]

In my bolt guns its all Lapua. But for the gassers, I love Starline. With good case prep (ie. flash hole deburring) single digit SD's are not uncommon. Plus it hurts way less if they get beat up or lost.

 

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I think many will say Lapua, but I just bought 150 small primer pocket Starlines. The reviews are outstanding and their initial quality is top shelf. Not to mention I got 150 cases for cheaper than 100 Lapua cases - win win

Thanks

 

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I‘m on 17-18 reloads for Peterson SRP and I’ve yet to lose a single case to loose pockets or spilt necks.

Are you annealing too?

 

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In my bolt guns its all Lapua. But for the gassers, I love Starline. With good case prep (ie. flash hole deburring) single digit SD's are not uncommon. Plus it hurts way less if they get beat up or lost.

Is there a preference between small vs large rifle primers?

 

[goldenbear926]

Is there a preference between small vs large rifle primers?

I have only tried the LRP Starline brass and it seems to hold up well. My Lapua brass is SRP and is extremely tough.