Winchester Brass

[Engineerdaddy]

Gun show find today - Winchester brass, new in bag $27. per bag of 50. How long has it been since this was available? Is it good brass? Just wondering.

[Whig]

Winchester brass is not too unusual and is just fine. You paid a fair price for this new brass! I think around 50c each is a good price for new brass.

Some brass doesn't have the rim that the 30-40 round is designed originally with. If your's doesn't have the rim, it will shoot just fine but might have some feeding problem from the magazine. There have been posts written about this. I am speaking from having read the posts, not from experience.

Good luck reloading and shooting your new brass!

[psteinmayer]

Winchester brass is about as good as it gets! Out of the thousand or so rounds of brass I have in rotation, the Winchester brass makes up about 1/4 of it. It's the longest lasting and most consistent in regards to weight. It also polishes up the brightest. Of course, these are just individual observances, and your results may vary!

[madsenshooter]

I don't have any Winchester 30-40 brass. I had some in 30-06, and noted it was lighter than GI or Remington. Hey I used to be up in N. IN, in Kendallville, and shot at Young's Longshot. I miss that range and wish there was something like it around here!

[Culpeper]

Six bags left. 20 bucks per


https://redriverreloading.com/reloading/rifle-and-pistol-brass/product/248728-winchester-30-40-krag-unprimed-brass-50.html

[Texas10]

Just bought 2 bags after reading and following the link. Although at 17.95 the shipping charges were a bit high, still the price per bag delivered was better than any others I'd found.

Thanks for the heads up, guys!

[Culpeper]

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Red River Reloading - Winchester 30-40 Krag Unprimed Brass





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[Olpeddler]

For about 25 years, I used only Norma and Remington brass. Then, about 10 years ago I had a complete head separation on a .30-06 Remington cartridge that had been reloaded only 3 times. The rifle was an "03 Springfield, manufactured in 1918. The load was moderate with 45 grs. of Accurate 2520 pushing a 165 gr Hornady BTSP Interlock bullet. Candidly, that incident scared the hell out of me. I ditched all my Remington brass and switched to Winchester Brass for the 5 calibers I reload for.
I find the Winchester brass easy to work with in the case preparation process, and have not had any problems with any reloads. I still use Norma brass for my Savage model 99 in .303 Savage because there is no other brass available for that caliber except Privi and Graf's private label brass.

[Texas10]

Got around to prepping the first bag of Winchester Brass I picked up a week or so ago, and lost 5 of 50 to neck defects. Splits, folded over brass at the mouth, I assume was due to the neck trim dies being worn.

I'm loading for a sporterized Krag, 22 inch barrel. Would a faster powder than IMR 4350 be preferred for 220 gr RN Hornaday's? I have H4350, RL 15, RL16, RL17, H380,Varget, 3031, 4320, to name a few.

[butlersrangers]

Texas10 - FWIW, I gave you advice on damaged/faulty Winchester Brass on Ammo Porn thread.