Nosler .243 Brass

[DB19]

I’m looking at buying some brass for my 243 and was curious about the quality of Nosler brass. I got a gift card for basspro and the brass would end up being a $1.06 a piece out of my pocket. Is that worth it?

 

[supercorndogs]

Can you find Lapua for 120 per 100 or so? I don't have anything against Nosler brass, but for almost the same price as Lapua, Lapua is a no brainer; if you can find it.

 

[roostercogburn98]

Nosler was always soft for me. Never had good luck with it. To be fair, I was running it in a 22 Nosler gas gun which wasn’t very brass friendly

 

[260284]

I had some Nosler 260 brass and wasn't impressed. Go Lapua or Peterson if they make it.

 

[DB19]

So far the brass that I have found has been Hornady, Nosler and Lapua. Since this isn’t my competition gun I’ve been trying to keep it as budget friendly as possible.

 

[260284]

Nosler was really soft and showed pressure before Remington in my 260.

 

[Alabama556]

I bought some nosler 243 brass for my son’s gun so I could tell it apart from my lapua 243 brass. Nosler brass was soft and did not hold up as well as the Lapua brass.

 

[supercorndogs]

Hornady makes decent brass. My Nosler 280 brass is only 7 but holding up OK. But I only bought it because nothing else was available.

 

[Bigfatcock]

Get some Norma brass. You’ll burn the barrel out before the brass wears out.

 

[camocorvette]

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Lapua is .03 more expensive then nosler. I think you'll get bet results and longer life with the lapua.

You can also get brass for as cheap as .60 a case. https://ammoseek.com/reloading/brass/243-winchester

What ever you do, buy a bunch of the same stuff. It's nice to have a minimum of 600 cases I think.

 

[MakeSawdust]

Not sure what load he's shooting, but 600 cases would be between 2 and 5 firings on the brass running the 2 extremes for barrel life. I have shot a lot of 243 Ackley in prs. I ran the same 400 WW cases for 3 barrels. All barrels went to 2500 rounds with H1000 before I pulled them. Some of the brass has close to 20 firings on it.

If not a match gun, I would buy 100 pcs of lapua or Peterson brass. Running a box of 500 Peterson right now through 2 different 243 Ackley barrels and it shoots really well.

 

[DB19]

Not sure what load he's shooting, but 600 cases would be between 2 and 5 firings on the brass running the 2 extremes for barrel life. I have shot a lot of 243 Ackley in prs. I ran the same 400 WW cases for 3 barrels. All barrels went to 2500 rounds with H1000 before I pulled them. Some of the brass has close to 20 firings on it.

If not a match gun, I would buy 100 pcs of lapua or Peterson brass. Running a box of 500 Peterson right now through 2 different 243 Ackley barrels and it shoots really well.

I went ahead and bought 100 lapua cases. Like you said as a hunting rifle I wouldn’t likely need more.

 

[supercorndogs]

I usually figure I can burn out a 243 or 22-250 with 100 pieces of brass.

 

[spife7980]

I usually figure I can burn out a 243 or 22-250 with 100 pieces of brass.

 

[supercorndogs]

I should have specified lapua brass.