Did you order 2500 of the first 7000 pieces haha? My shipment is 500 pieces at 15 lbs.
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Did you order 2500 of the first 7000 pieces haha? My shipment is 500 pieces at 15 lbs.
So...you’re running the first belt-fed M240 chambered in 6GT???Um nope...its a bit more than 2500.
I gotta ask, why would you guys go with Hornady over Alpha? Just current availability or you guys are part of pre-production testing?4000 pieces of Hornady! 6GT brass. Got 4 other club members spinning up barrels so we should have a lot of data flowing shortly.
Looks good and from what I am told, case capacity is about .5 less than Alpha, which I prefer running Varget. Dan is on the range this AM with it.
If Lapua would jump on board with this brass and label it Gay Tiger I would be in for sure lol.
I do not trust Hornady brass though. I had enough troubles with 6.5 creed to not go back. Alpha has some horror stories around here for 6 creed brass as well.
So far the Hornady GT Brass has been GTG. Weighed a handful of cases out of a batch of 1000 pieces, all were within a half grain in weight. Ran a mandrel through the necks and chamfered new brass, loaded some up and had some extremely consistent velocity spreads. Primer pockets felt great, even after a stout load. Time will tell but so far so good on the hornady brass.
Load and velocity? I'm guessing the 2871 was just a starting point?
I don’t have brass in hand yet, but was told by Alpha directly that their neck thickness was 0.01275”, leaving ~0.004” total clearance in the 0.273” neck diameter of the GAP spec reamers.@NorCal Vu
Or anyone with Hornady brass. Could you post what the neck measures on a loaded round?
Alpha brass too?
Yes sir. I knew about the Alpha brass a while back, but I was surprised by the Hornady since I hadn’t heard anything about it until it was already shipping.Is alpha making brass for it?
I wouldn’t trust neck thickness unless it’s with a ball mic. But the loaded round neck diameter shouldn’t be that far off.I loaded some 112's in Alpha brass today. They measured .2650-.2655", loaded.
I do not have a fancy ball micrometer but with my Mitutoyo thousandths caliper most measurements on neck thickness in Alpha was .0120". Some measurements on neck thickness were as low as .0105 for me.
I wouldn’t trust neck thickness unless it’s with a ball mic. But the loaded round neck diameter shouldn’t be that far off.
If you measure a bullet, do you get 0.243” dia? Then measure a loaded round and get 0.265”?
Seems like it’d be a bit odd for them to be putting out brass with 0.011” neck wall thickness. Plus the GAP reamers are 0.273” neck diameter, which Alpha told me would be right at 0.004” clearance.
What batch of Alpha brass do you have? I’m waiting for some from batch #2, I hope by now they have the neck dimensions dialed in. 0.011” just seems too thin.Yes sir, bullets measure right on .243" and .265" is loaded round dia on a few more I loaded up.
What batch of Alpha brass do you have? I’m waiting for some from batch #2, I hope by now they have the neck dimensions dialed in. 0.011” just seems too thin.
I’ve been wanting to try Alpha brass for a while now, and this is the perfect caliber for me to finally do it. I’ve heard WAY more good about Alpha than bad, so I can’t imagine it’s going to be some sort of disaster scenario based on what the initial testers are showing.My problem with the GT is brass. Hornady is junk after a few firings and it’s not consistent. Alpha has had all kinds of problems as well and their brass runs into pressure problems before you get desired speed.
This caliber seems to be almost the perfect combo but man we need the brass giant to pick it up.
My problem with the GT is brass. Hornady is junk after a few firings and it’s not consistent. Alpha has had all kinds of problems as well and their brass runs into pressure problems before you get desired speed.
This caliber seems to be almost the perfect combo but man we need the brass giant to pick it up.
My problem with the GT is brass. Hornady is junk after a few firings and it’s not consistent. Alpha has had all kinds of problems as well and their brass runs into pressure problems before you get desired speed.
This caliber seems to be almost the perfect combo but man we need the brass giant to pick it up.
My problem with the GT is brass. Hornady is junk after a few firings and it’s not consistent. Alpha has had all kinds of problems as well and their brass runs into pressure problems before you get desired speed.
This caliber seems to be almost the perfect combo but man we need the brass giant to pick it up.
And Tom (the T in GT) just posted in the face book group that he ran a hornady case 20 times, testing for longevity and the primer pocket is still tight...
In your experience have you really found Peterson to be better than Alpha?peterson!
In your experience have you really found Peterson to be better than Alpha?
Shot a match today and there was TONS of talk about the Gay tiger.
There was also more horror stories about Alpha dasher brass.
I guess Hornady is the way to go.
You're welcome. It's been fun and is getting me back on the range.
We had a two other guys spin up GTs last week and they hammer the exact same load with Hornady brass. 33.5 112s, 2880 2900. Shooting in the .3s out of a new barrel at 300yds load developing.
@NorCal Vu - could we push things a bit further here and get some feedback (or video, even better) of the GT feeding through std AICS & AW mags? I think you've said previously there were no issues but just wanting to see if time and further testing had changed anything? Would be much appreciated.
Cheers
No problem. We have our monthly LR match this weekend so I'll try to get that done. That being said, we have about 5GTs online now and zero issues with AW or AICS mags.
@NorCal Vu , what barrel lengths have you guys been running? I've got a 31" blank and thinking about going 30".
Has anybody tracked down shops that are turning out prefits? I'd like to stash one away for my ARC nucleus after I blow out and get tired of the creedmoor.
X-Cal is currently running 25% off barrels and reached out to see if they had a reamer but hadn't updated chamber offerings.
Not having to "invest" in mag kits and not having to run the bolt harder than a freshman on prom night is intriguing.