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Federal Brass???

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31 August 2002, 20:38
<hunting1>
Federal Brass???
Do any of you use Federal brass? If so how does it compare to Winchester? Less capacity? Should I reduce load data? Thanks, have some left over and don't want to throw it out. Good shooting!
01 September 2002, 07:23
<eldeguello>
The Federal brass I've used seemed about the same as Winchester, and had more capacity than Rem. brass.... [Wink]
01 September 2002, 12:20
Cold Bore
What caliber are you talking about? As noted in another thread here, Federal 223 brass tends to be soft, with primer pockets loosening quickly. Other calibers seem fine. I don't know why the difference...
01 September 2002, 14:03
DavidReed
I have nothing but a positive experience with Federal brass. I layed in a suppy of Federal .300 Wby. brass before they ceased to sell it as a component and have been impressed with it. The weight is consistent among random samples and by consistent I mean with 5 grains of the average weight. Not to bad for a belted mag case. Some have been reloaded as many 10 times and the necks are not at all brittle like my Rem cases of the same caliber got after 7-8 reloads. Primer pockets are still tight too. I have had similar results with the Federal .338 Win. brass, although this brass was from factory loads. For the calibers offered(which is not enough) I think that Federal brass is a great value. The quality is close to that of Norma with the Frederal product maybe a little tougher.