How good is Nosler brass and is it really worth the almost 2$ a single case?

For myself I wouldn't buy it. It's just to darn expensive. I would however buy the .280AI brass if I had a rifle in that chambering.

I bought some in several calibers on sale a while back. I don't know that I would pay full price for it but it is consistent in every caliber I have tried. I have used it mainly in rifles I have had rebarreled with tight chambers.

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How good is Nosler brass and is it really worth the almost 2$ a single case?

$2.case no. I would consider the 280AI. I normally pay $1+/case for Norma

I did find in the Nosler brass I tried the weight per case was very close. However you can get just as close with other brands if you buy extra and weight sort them. Then I don't know if you are saving that much$$.

30-06 ~$0.80 each

300 win mag ~$0.95 each

243 ~$0.80 each

338 win mag ~$1.20 each

where do you get $2.00 each?

Look at the 25 cases of 375H&H


http://www.powdervalleyinc.com/

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Originally posted by blackbearhunter:
How good is Nosler brass and is it really worth the almost 2$ a single case?

I just picked up 150 cases of 300 SAUM for 175.69 total at Bass Pro here in Cincinnati. I don't know where the $2/case figure is coming from.

Is it worth it? Well, it depends on whether or not you want to pay someone else to trim, weight sort, debur, flash hole, etc. you cases for you or do it yourself. That's really what you are paying for, labor.

I've been using some Nosler 2nds in 7RemMag and like them very much. But I can't say they are superior to WW brass. I have just gotten lazy and like that they are fully prepped.

375H&H 25 cases=48.85

http://www.powdervalleyinc.com/

Well, fwiw, I have taken standard Winchester, Remington, and even Federal brass, FL sized it, loaded and shot it, then partial re-sized and stuck it back in the same rifle it was fired in. Repeatedly, I find a load that will shoot to one hole at 100, and that typically is better than I can hold now, with 56 year-old eyes.

They can keep their high-dollar brass!

They're real proud of the .300H&H, .375H&H, and 7STW at about $2 a piece. I can understand a little higher since there's more brass in the bigger cases, but that's really high compared to the .338 Win Mag and the like.

LWD

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Well, it depends on whether or not you want to pay someone else to trim, weight sort, debur, flash hole, etc. you cases for you or do it yourself. That's really what you are paying for, labor.

B-B Hunter,

I gotta agree w/Doc.

I purchased a box of 300 Weatherby Magnum Nosler Brass and despite the cost (€90,-); since I needed (read=wanted) it RIGHT Now! It was outstanding in every respect (read=exactly what they advertised).

Brass in The Fatherland for this cartridge (regardless if virgin unfired or from factory ammo) is an expensve proposition anyway; so I figured WTF-Over?

So far they've each been loaded 1X and the resulting loads outstanding. Woulda I have gotten another result w/different brass - can't say; but I started a loading project with 50 outstanding pieces of uniform brass.

Now, when I make the same effort with some R-P nickel-plated 300 Weatherby brass,
weighed,
sorted,
trimmed,
champhered,
flash holes de-burred,
primer pockets uniformed ..... I get the same results - it just takes me alot longer.

Will I make a habit of purchasing Nosler brass for everday use in cartridges I load for? Nah ..... this was a 1X urgent decision for me.

Downside was the expense.

On the up side I got some quality prepped brass outa the deal that'll probably last me a good while.

Life's all about choices .....

For me, the answer is no. Since I don't shoot competition any more I quit doing a lot of things to brass and I have not noticed the difference in my hunting loads. I do not weigh, or sort or uniform primer pockets on new brass. I will measure to make sure they are within spec, champher, load and go on. I have not noticed a marked effect on the accuracy.

If a fellow is anal enough to want to do all that stuff to his hunting brass, it seems to me that he would want to do it himself to make sure it was done "right".

However, with proper care, 100 cases would last a long, long time for a ordinary shooter and perhaps even a high volume shooter, what with annealing and PFL or neck sizing.

Then there's the confidence factor. If you think you shoot better with the high priced spread, you probably do.

And let's not forget ego. Why else would the assistant night manager at a 7/11 drive a hummer to work???

Lastly, since you asked the question, you obviously think it is but just wanted us to reassure you that it was. When in fact, only you can answer that question.

I bought a bag each of .223Rem and 22-250Rem cosmetic blems when they first came out. I still did the prep routine.

I wouldn't buy them again as they did not shoot more accurate or last any longer. I'm not paying more than I need to.