Starline Brass for Grendel. Good or bad

[ih784]

[Constitutionalist]

I like them. I haven't shot them enough to wear any out. Probably on my third load. They shoot my pet load (CCI-450, 27.0gr of IMR8208BXR, 123gr SST) better than than my Hornady brass. Unfortunately I have at least 2000 Hornady cases already so I won't be changing over entirely any time soon.

[Popeye212]

I prefer them over the Hornady.

[BCHunter]

The starliner brass has only been available in 6.5 grr a little over a year. So that's why your not finding much on longevity. Those that have tried it had positive reports so far.

[SCJim]

I used Starline in a .260 Rem and got 10+ loads from them. I liked it well enough that I ordered Starline for this new Grendel. Plan on doing case prep on the new cases if you are doing precision reloading. Measuring the case length on a dozen of so straight from the box I found differences of up to .005 but all were well within SAMMI specs. Flash holes are punched not drilled but are well centered and round. I don't debur flash holes so no idea there. The primer pockets were surprisingly uniform. I would recommend doing a FL resize and a trim before loading the first time. I just loaded 80 for my rifles initial break in so we shall see. BTW I am not a huge fan of Hornady or Federal brass I never could get good life from it in .223 or .204. If Alpha or Peterson made Grendel brass that is what I would be using.

[Chipj4]

I have some but have not fired them yet. I did prep some recently and set primers. The primer pockets did not feel as tight as the Lapua I have but felt ok. I deburred the flash holes and did get some brass shavings but am guessing that is normal for any of the punched ones. I have 5-6 maybe 7 reloads so far on the Hornady cases and have only culled a small percentage early on due to user error. The Starline seems at least as solid as the Hornady so I am expecting at least as many loads. Time will tell.

[A5BLASTER]

I moved away from hornady and lapua brass and only run Starline now.

Only thing I do to prep new brass is chamfer/deburr the case mouth load and go.

Have close too 100 cases that are ready for their 9th loading and 28 cases that are ready for its 12th loading.

[ih784]

250 pieces inbound. Thank y’all.

[LTQZ]

I use Starline brass for almost everything. 44 Mag, 280 Rem, 7mm-08, 45 Colt, etc. The only reason I don't use it for 45ACP and 357SIG is with the autos, I loose too much brass to be cost effective.

I was very happy when they offered brass for the Grr. I have loaded up 40 rounds, 20 123gr SST's and 20 100gr TTSX, have not fired any yet.

[Jakal]

Starline is gtg. Reload with it in other guns, no problems at all.

[RJTodd]

Hate to be the naysayer, and as a caveat I have only bought 100 pcs of .243 Win brass in Starline so perhaps I got a bad batch. . . While I love their pistol brass, the rifle brass had off center and rough punched flash holes, and case mouths that looked like the were formed against a dull rock. I returned mine to Brownells and ordered LAPUA at more than 2x the cost. It was worth it to me.

Shooting is what matters, but my time is worth more than the work it would have require to turn the bad brass into mediocre brass with several hours of hand work. . .

Respectfully

RTodd

[ih784]

Shot about 50 so far today. I like it better than Hornady.

[Popeye212]

Shot about 50 so far today. I like it better than Hornady.

Won't be throwing as many away either.

[Taz575]

I use Starline for most of the calibers I reload for. In my Grrr's, the Hornady brass seems very soft and doesn't always extract well in my Howa Mini 1500 or AR upper in 6.5 Grendel.

[mdewitt71]

I was one of the first to ever get em, as I live right down the road and picked em up direct.

http://www.65grendel.com/forum/showthread.php?16285-Starline-Brass-6-5G-specs

I think I am on my 4th load with a batch... no issues yet.
I have Hornady as well, I like the Starline brass mainly cuz it is local Biz.