Benfromalbuquerque
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I got a pile of once-fired 30-30 mixed head stamps. It’s 160 or so total with 2/3 being Remington. For yucks, I weighed out the five flavors (avg/5) and rattled my core belief in R-P brass. It was the lightest! Federal was the heaviest. Now this collection is of unknown age (several Win Western cases found and those were excluded).
Federal: 144.3 grain
PPU: 143.96 grain
Hornady: 138.02 grain
Winchester: 137.32 grain
R-P: 134.5 grain
So where is it thin? It’s not been my experience to have split necks in R-P so maybe the 30-30 rim? Federal has given me the fewest reloads (primer pocket). Winchester has not let me down. I don’t have enough experience to have an opinion with the other two.
Federal: 144.3 grain
PPU: 143.96 grain
Hornady: 138.02 grain
Winchester: 137.32 grain
R-P: 134.5 grain
So where is it thin? It’s not been my experience to have split necks in R-P so maybe the 30-30 rim? Federal has given me the fewest reloads (primer pocket). Winchester has not let me down. I don’t have enough experience to have an opinion with the other two.
