the prowler
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Hi how good is the brass between Norma and nosler?
Norma-nosler brass
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I’m sure the Norma Bess needs the flash holes reaming/de burring. I’ve just had some and had a Quick Look and need to double check. It’s also usually expensive if not more than Lapua. I’ve had great results with privi in my .223 which is half the price of Lapua. I don’t cry when it drops in the grass out hunting.
And to add Norma and Nosler is quite often the same factory.
And to add Norma and Nosler is quite often the same factory.
the prowler
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Thinking of buying some brass in 221 fireball to form it into 20 vartarg. But lapua is very scarce.
For something like that I think it’s worth it. I’m using Norma in a 7mm SAUM.
Norma makes a lot of Nosler's brass. Not all of it, but a lot of it. It's similar to Lapua and NAMMO brass; same factory, different headstamp and slightly different requirements.
I have used Nosler Custom. Norma and Lapua for various calibres, the additional weight of these 3 in comparison to any other is various grains heavier than a like for like. Flash holes in Lapua and Nosler Custom are close to perfection compared to a few and very few not so perfect Norma.
17 Remington brass supply is all but zero with Nosler Custom being the only one available, but i dont have any reserves paying the price if i needed any.
My opinion, no issues with either Nosler or Norma.
17 Remington brass supply is all but zero with Nosler Custom being the only one available, but i dont have any reserves paying the price if i needed any.
My opinion, no issues with either Nosler or Norma.
Ttocs
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Here’s a link to an old thread I started re Nosler brass. I ended up returning it and switching to Norma which is spot on.
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I had my 17 Rem re barrelled in 17 Fireball so I sold all my brass dies etc - but missed the 17 Rem so much I bought another. Just waiting for my variation to come back and spending the time accumulating all the bits and bobs for a new calibre.
For my previous 17Rem’s I used both Nosler and Remington brass - I preferred the Nosler as it was nicer than the Remington brass.
With this in mind, I spent £150
on 100 shiny new “Nosler Premium Brass” cases.
The cases arrived, did my usual quick check on length and started to run them through a Lee collet die to make sure the neck tension would...
For my previous 17Rem’s I used both Nosler and Remington brass - I preferred the Nosler as it was nicer than the Remington brass.
With this in mind, I spent £150
on 100 shiny new “Nosler Premium Brass” cases.The cases arrived, did my usual quick check on length and started to run them through a Lee collet die to make sure the neck tension would...
6pt-sika
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When I first started loading rifle cartridges forty plus years ago I was told to get Winchester brass anytime possible use Remington second etc . Then maybe 15 years ago I was introduced to Lapua brass . That literally opened a whole new world to me ! The uniformity of primer pockets and very little if any run out on the necks . And so it goes I still use Winchester brass and Remington brass . The only time I see an actual NEED for shall we say precision brass is if I have a HB gun of some type that’ll only be shot from the bench . I used to spend quite a lot of time shooting groups from the bench at 100 and 200 yards not in competition just for my own enjoyment .
Until around 10 years ago, Nosler bought in all the cases it sold bearing the 'Nosler' headstamp. Norma supplied most (all?), and it was generally very good quality indeed. (As it should have been given the asking price for this company's 'Custom Brass'.) Then Nosler bought the Silver State Armory outfit, a small manufacturer whose reputation was good for brass such as the 6.8mm Rem SPC which was 'very in' at the time. IIRC, SSA specialised in smaller cases for US AR-15 shooters.
This gave Nosler an in-house case manufacturing facility and it switched the 'Nosler Custom' brand to its own cases wherever possible, only contracting out to Norma or whoever for those types with limited demand.
My impression from forum comments etc is that quality and customer satisfaction for the in-house cases went downhill subsequently, especially as Nosler seems to still regard its products as premium grade and prices them accordingly.
This gave Nosler an in-house case manufacturing facility and it switched the 'Nosler Custom' brand to its own cases wherever possible, only contracting out to Norma or whoever for those types with limited demand.
My impression from forum comments etc is that quality and customer satisfaction for the in-house cases went downhill subsequently, especially as Nosler seems to still regard its products as premium grade and prices them accordingly.
ValleyPursuits
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Not a fan of Nosler brass - very inconsistent.
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