01-01-2015, 01:05 AM
LRRPF52 Wrote:...The 6.5 Creedmoor brass is actually quite thin, which doesn't bode well for brass life. I think Hornady really pushed the edge to be competitive with the .260 Remington, and in order to make up for loss of case capacity by using the 30 TC parent case, they thinned the walls....
We "inherited" some Hornady brass when I bought our 6.5 Creedmoor barrel. Lord knows how many +P loadings they saw before us, but that brass has seen 8-10 loadings since they arrived without any defects that I have noticed. That said, I now buy only the Nosler brass for the 6.5 Creed.
