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I agree with what Mike was saying about the milspec brass, Rem. brass in most calibers will weigh less than the other brands. It seems that Federal is about the heavest for commerical (USA made brass that is). I use to use Remington brass, but now I only use Winchester. Win. is generally heavier than Rem.

One more thing. Since your rifles are old and the orginal loads were made up of using different syle of bullets back several years ago, you probably have to do a lot of testing with different weights/styles/brands and velocitys to find what will work. Also remember this, your seating depth of the bullet is the most important part in obtaining good accuracy! Most rifles of today, will shoot there best when seated just a few thousands off the riflings!

If you are looking for more of them bullets or a different stye or brand, I have hundreds of 30 cal. here that I will probably never use. Hornady, Nosler, Sierra, Speer and Barnes. Also several thousands in 224 dia. and couple hundered in 284 dia.

<blockquote data-quote="DXman" data-source="post: 544119" data-attributes="member: 23">I agree with what Mike was saying about the milspec brass, Rem. brass in most calibers will weigh less than the other brands. It seems that Federal is about the heavest for commerical (USA made brass that is). I use to use Remington brass, but now I only use Winchester. Win. is generally heavier than Rem.One more thing. Since your rifles are old and the orginal loads were made up of using different syle of bullets back several years ago, you probably have to do a lot of testing with different weights/styles/brands and velocitys to find what will work. Also remember this, your seating depth of the bullet is the most important part in obtaining good accuracy! Most rifles of today, will shoot there best when seated just a few thousands off the riflings!If you are looking for more of them bullets or a different stye or brand, I have hundreds of 30 cal. here that I will probably never use. Hornady, Nosler, Sierra, Speer and Barnes. Also several thousands in 224 dia. and couple hundered in 284 dia.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DXman, post: 544119, member: 23"] I agree with what Mike was saying about the milspec brass, Rem. brass in most calibers will weigh less than the other brands. It seems that Federal is about the heavest for commerical (USA made brass that is). I use to use Remington brass, but now I only use Winchester. Win. is generally heavier than Rem. One more thing. Since your rifles are old and the orginal loads were made up of using different syle of bullets back several years ago, you probably have to do a lot of testing with different weights/styles/brands and velocitys to find what will work. Also remember this, your seating depth of the bullet is the most important part in obtaining good accuracy! [B]Most rifles of today, will shoot there best when seated just a few thousands off the riflings![/B] If you are looking for more of them bullets or a different stye or brand, I have [B]hundreds of 30 cal.[/B] here that I will probably never use. Hornady, Nosler, Sierra, Speer and Barnes. [B]Also several thousands in 224 dia. and couple hundered in 284 dia.[/B] [/QUOTE]

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