Winchester or Lapua 243 brass for Prs comps?

[Dogsniper]

I have been wondering if I really need to spend the extra money on Lapua 243 brass for prs type of competition. I should note that I will be running a 243 ackley. Thanks

 

[Campguy308]

I used to shoot a 243 in matches with Winchester brass. Bought some Lapua later. Now I shoot a 6.5x47, and when I can't find a piece of brass in a match, it irritates me tremendously. If I were you, I'd shoot Winchester if it's fireforming OK. Would you rather lose a piece of fireformed Lapua brass, or fireformed Winchester brass?

 

[Dogsniper]

I used to shoot a 243 in matches with Winchester brass. Bought some Lapua later. Now I shoot a 6.5x47, and when I can't find a piece of brass in a match, it irritates me tremendously. If I were you, I'd shoot Winchester if it's fireforming OK. Would you rather lose a piece of fireformed Lapua brass, or fireformed Winchester brass?

Good point. I'm wondering if I can get the same accuracy and low sd without having to do any more prep than fire forming.

 

[redneckbmxer24]

Winchester’s quality control has gone to absolute shit. The old blue bag stuff was really good, but the red bag is junk. You’ll throw away 25% off the brass as being completely unusable because of folds in the shoulders.

If you want great brass for a good price look at Starline. It’s excellent brass and costs even less than Winchester I believe. I’ve ran a bunch of it, mostly 243. Lapua doesn’t get you anything over it.

 

[Dogsniper]

Winchester’s quality control has gone to absolute shit. The old blue bag stuff was really good, but the red bag is junk. You’ll throw away 25% off the brass as being completely unusable because of folds in the shoulders.

If you want great brass for a good price look at Starline. It’s excellent brass and costs even less than Winchester I believe. I’ve ran a bunch of it, mostly 243. Lapua doesn’t get you anything over it.

Thanks I'll look into it.

 

[cannon643]

I’m running Starline brass in a 243 and a 260. So far it’s been really good, consistent. I’m running 108 gr ELDM’s with RE26 at 3120 in the 243 and it’s been as good as Lapua brass for me.

 

[spamassassin]

I've been running Hornady brass in my .243AI. Been great. 3180fps, on 6+ loadings on the brass and have only had 1 neck give up. I'm neck sizing only on a super tight chamber with zero head space. Running RL23 and 115gn DTAC's. SD's for me have been single digit and groups are fingernail size.