I just bought a bunch of once fired .300 Savage brass. Five of them had Browning headstamps.

Can anyone tell me who manufactured the brass?

I never knew Browning marketed ammo. Mostly just curious as I am just loading this mixed headstamp stuff with 100 or 110 gr.for plinking and practice and not accuracy loads.

Thanks, Merg

There are quite a few different cartridges with a BROWNING headstamp. I'm not sure who made it then, and now. Winchester?

Ray

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Originally posted by Cheechako:
There are quite a few different cartridges with a BROWNING headstamp. I'm not sure who made it then, and now. Winchester?

Ray

I'd guess Norma as they have done quite a bit of private labeling especially for Weatherby.

Winchester made "frontier" for Hornady but to my knowlege didn't do much more private labeling.

I have quite a bit of Browning 30-06 brass.

Merg:

According to Hogg, "The Cartridge Guide" (1982); "Manufactured for Browning Arms, Morgan, Utah, USA., by Amron Div. of Nasco International Corp., Waukesha, Wis., USA."

Ballistics tables for Browning ammunition were published in the 1974 "Sports Afield Gun Annual". Interestingly, the .300 Savage was listed as loaded with a 168 gr. "Soft Point Spitz." with a muzzle velocity of 2520 fps. Other cartridges were loaded with standard bullet weights with standard velocities for the time. These were as follows:

Rifle (SPS Soft Point Spitz., SPSS = Semi-Spitz., SPFN - Flat Nose, SPRN = Round Nose)

.222 Rem. 50 gr. SPS;
.22-250 Rem. 55 gr. SPS;
.243 Win. 80 gr. SPS, 100 gr. SPSS;
6mm Rem. 80 gr. SPS, 100 gr. SPSS;
.25-06 87 gr. SPS, 120 gr. SPS;
.270 Win. 130 gr. SPS, 150 gr. SPSS;
7mm Rem. Mag. 150 gr. SPS, 175 gr. SPSS;
.30 Carbine 110 gr. SPRN;
.30-30 Win. 150 gr. SPFN, 170 gr. SPFN;
.30-06 Sprg. 125 gr. SPS, 150 gr. SPS, 180 gr. SPSS, 180 gr. SPRN, 220 gr. SPRN;
.300 Win. Mag. 150 gr. SPS, 180 gr. SPS, 220 gr. SPRN;
.303 British 180 gr. SPSS;
.308 Win. 125 gr. SPS, 150 gr. SPS, 180 gr. SPSS;
.32 Win. Spl. 170 gr. SPFN;
.338 Win. Mag. 200 gr. SPS, 250 gr. SPSS, 300 gr. SPRN;
.35 Rem. 200 gr. SPRN;
.375 H&H Mag. 270 gr. SPSS, 300 gr. Full Metal Jkt.;
.44 Rem. Mag. 240 gr. Semi-Jkt. H. Pt.;
.458 Win. Mag. 500 gr. Full Metal Jkt., 510 gr. SPRN.

Handgun (FMJ - Full Metal Jacket)

.25 Automatic 50 gr. FMJ;
.32 Automatic 71 gr. FMJ;
.32 S&W 85 gr. Lead;
9mm Luger 100 gr. Jacketed HP, 115 gr. FMJ;
.357 Magnum 110 gr. Semi-Jkt. HP, 158 gr. Jkt. Soft Point;
.38 Special 148 gr. Lead Wadcutter, 158 gr. Lead;
.380 Automatic 95 gr. FMJ;
.44 Rem. Mag. 240 gr. Lead, 240 gr. Semi-Jkt. HP;
.45 Automatic 185 gr. FMJ Wadcutter, 230 gr. FMJ.

I have a few of the rifle rounds in my collection. Except for the .300 Savage, the soft point bullets appear to be identical to Winchester Power-Points of the same vintage.

Cheers, Al

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I have a few of the rifle rounds in my collection. Except for the .300 Savage, the soft point bullets appear to be identical to Winchester Power-Points of the same vintage.

All "Browning" branded ammunition I have ever seen appeared to be identical to Winchester-Western. It has always been my assumption that Browning's proprietary ammunition was manufactured by W-W, but it could have been made by a third-party contractor using W-W components.

I load .338 Winchester with both Browning and W-W brass. In all respects, they appear identical.

The Gold and Black Browning boxes were impressive.