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03 July 2003, 15:52

Ol` Joe

Joe, I`m not sure I understand what you mean by benchrest brass but if you`re looking for the best brass to sort and rework for benchrest ammo I`d buy Lapua.
The BR shooters don`t purchase their brass ready to load, they buy the most uniform they can find and go over it with a fine tooth comb rejecting everything but the most uniform of the lot.

03 July 2003, 17:13

WyoJoe

quote:
Originally posted by Ol` Joe:
Joe, I`m not sure I understand what you mean by benchrest brass but if you`re looking for the best brass to sort and rework for benchrest ammo I`d buy Lapua.
The BR shooters don`t purchase their brass ready to load, they buy the most uniform they can find and go over it with a fine tooth comb rejecting everything but the most uniform of the lot.

Ol' Joe,
A few years back you could get brass that was designated .308BR. It was made for a small primer instead of the large primer. I wanted to get some to do some experimenting with my .243.

03 July 2003, 22:08

N E 450 No2

WyoJoe
308BR was made by Remington. You might try Sinclair. If they do not have any they might know who does.
There is a company, I think they are in Arkansas, that sells brass and bullets in bulk. They had a bunch of 308BR at one time.
I am assuming this is for a competion rifle of some type? If you cannot find any BR brass, you might try RWS primers in regular brass, it gives similar results as it is a very mild primer. Palma shooters were using them.

04 July 2003, 07:52

WyoJoe

quote:
Originally posted by N E 450 No2:
WyoJoe
308BR was made by Remington. You might try Sinclair. If they do not have any they might know who does.
There is a company, I think they are in Arkansas, that sells brass and bullets in bulk. They had a bunch of 308BR at one time.
I am assuming this is for a competion rifle of some type? If you cannot find any BR brass, you might try RWS primers in regular brass, it gives similar results as it is a very mild primer. Palma shooters were using them.

N E 450 No2,
Would you have a contact phone # or web site for Sinclair? I have heard the small primer helps accuarcy and I wanted to try it in my .243 to see what it does. I wonder how the RWS primers would work for my .243?

[ 07-03-2003, 22:53: Message edited by: WyoJoe ]

04 July 2003, 07:59

Twyman

Sinclair's phone number, (260) 493-1858, "WWW.sinclairintl.com" , Hope that helps, Twyman

04 July 2003, 08:12

WyoJoe

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Originally posted by Twyman:
Sinclair's phone number, (260) 493-1858, "WWW.sinclairintl.com" , Hope that helps, Twyman

Twyman,
It does. Talked to Jim Ramsey. He didn't have the brass. But I got A lot of good information from him. Thank you.