Suspended production of Lapua cases for popular calibers.
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Okay, except those listed to be suspended are not really the most popular calibers these days. Now, if they had included 6BR and 6.5 Creedmoor in that list, I think that you’d hear much more wailing and gnashing of teeth.
I can see that those using 6 Creedmoor and 7mm-08 will be sad for sure. As a stolid .260 guy, I’m not happy, but am good for now.
I imagine that Peterson and Alpha won’t be too upset to hear this though.
I can see that those using 6 Creedmoor and 7mm-08 will be sad for sure. As a stolid .260 guy, I’m not happy, but am good for now.
I imagine that Peterson and Alpha won’t be too upset to hear this though.
The amount of support being sent that way quietly is absolutely astounding. I would not be surprised to find out that they have a rather large contract for things like 338 Lapua with either a 3rd party govt for Ukraine and/or directly with Ukraine itself.
F-class shooters are going to have a rough time with 3 of those going away.
Bummer for 6mm Creedmoor X2.
Lapua's 6CM brass is great SRP stuff, but the Lapua 22-250 makes exceptional LRP 6CM brass too (once you open it up with a mandrel and easy-peezy fire-form it).
Lapua's 6CM brass is great SRP stuff, but the Lapua 22-250 makes exceptional LRP 6CM brass too (once you open it up with a mandrel and easy-peezy fire-form it).
Dumb fucks. Send Ukraine the Hornady brass. They're not going to fucking reload it anyway.
If any reps from Peterson are watching this is their chance for converting the masses
Our fclass team was all over this earlier today
Our fclass team was all over this earlier today
Still, its kinda surprising, last time i was at the Lapua factory in Lapua town they were running at much less than full capacity, Lapua being primarily a a state owned defense contractor had multiple cold production lines by design, to be used for the Military supply only.I guess those cold lines have gone on line while ago.
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Buy Chinese and Russian stuff for Ukraine its great value for money. But its easy to spend taxpayers money i can just imagine some Eurocrat ordering millions of rounds of ammo at Lapua to ship to Ukraine and we are talking 7.62x39 not some super duper sniper ammo.
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Dumbest post , so far . Holy fuck it amazes me the lack of knowledge on a subject yet such big mouths spitting out bullshit . Anyone ever heard of NAMMO . Educate yourselves or shut the fuck up .
ok grandpa, let's get you back to bed
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I am not saying that the note is incorrect, however Lapua oy, the finnish company has not published any of this on there webbpage.
Sooooo.
Letter is adressed to industry insiders, its not a letter to retail customers.
What is your point , Lapua plant manufactures also small arms ammo and components for the military and its the Lapua plant and/or possibly Leppävirta Plant that is curtailing the case manufacturing for certain calibers and its not doing it because other ''Nammo'' plants are running out of material for rocket motors or artillery rounds?
They are swamped with orders , mention of Ukraine is hint it's not your civilian orders that are forcing it unless they are running out of electricity.
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That was my plan anyway to see how SRP brass did. Maybe try to get away from LRP altogether if I can
I've used Peterson. Much more sorting compared to Lapua for 1000 yard FTR load.
Good thing I have a ton of Lapua to last a while.
You need to do some research on this subject . Right now, you are just spitting out bullshit .
Get some while the getting is good. MidSouth has those both in stock right now:
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So does Graf’s.Get some while the getting is good. MidSouth has those both in stock right now:
Rifle Brass for Sale | Midsouth Shooters
Choosing your case is a critical step in rifle reloading, so let Midsouth help you get what you need. Check out high-quality rifle brass for sale here!
Lapua is good brass- and it sucks to have less options and availability.... But I've never found it to be the game changer it is touted on the net to be. It's as good as any of them- but other brands are just as high quality. The world will go on.....
It didn’t become the standard by which all brass is judged for no reason.
I can’t speak for other people or brands of brass, but I know I was culling at least 10% of my Hornady 6.5CM brass every loading cycle due to loose primer pockets, starting with twice-fired. Have not had that issue with Lapua yet, on my fourth firing and you can find plenty of folks with far more cycles on their brass that aren’t seeing the issue with Lapua.
^ Good hell man-- never said compare it to Hornady. 
You still have to compare it to other premium brass- and when you do you realize that it's all going to be ok.
You still have to compare it to other premium brass- and when you do you realize that it's all going to be ok.
^ Good hell man-- never said compare it to Hornady.
You still have to compare it to other premium brass- and when you do you realize that it's all going to be ok.
You didn’t exactly specify “premium” in your post, my bad haha
To my knowledge, the only brass lines that folks agree are top-shelf are Peterson, Alpha OCD, and Lapua, and agreed that I’d be fine with any of them. SAKO is touting their new(?) stuff as Lapua-grade, but I’ll let others do that research.
Hmmm, wonder why they didn't call it “Peterson Grade” or “Alpha OCD grade”
I mean, my words, not theirs. But generally I'm agreeing that Lapua is the gold standard, and most importantly, is pretty much always a safe bet.Hmmm, wonder why they didn't call it “Peterson Grade” or “Alpha OCD grade”
Ok, back to the regularly scheduled programming.
I was just poking fun, and not at you. Lapua earned its gold standard rep decades ago, and its never skipped a beat.
Yeah- not a issue-- But what I said was that Lapua was as good as any other brand- (not that any other brand was as good as Lapua)-- but sure not worth arguing about.
And I actually agree with what supersubes said above- "Lapua earned its gold standard rep decades ago"..... that is true- and its quality has stayed high. Decades ago it was by far the best brass- but we are not dealing with that. In those decades other brands of brass have upped their game-
and now it is being matched.
And I actually agree with what supersubes said above- "Lapua earned its gold standard rep decades ago"..... that is true- and its quality has stayed high. Decades ago it was by far the best brass- but we are not dealing with that. In those decades other brands of brass have upped their game-
and now it is being matched.
Dont see anyone shooting it in prs. Thats 90% of my shootingPut your purse down, and step up to 6.5x284 Norma.
