Chronos wrote:I bought 200 .223 ADI brass from magnum sports on special.
Pretty happy with it. Quality seems ok, as a test I didn't f/l size before loading, because I bet they don't. No problems. Its been a while since I've played with .223 brass but nothing about it worries me.
Chronos
on_one_wheel wrote:Chronos wrote:I bought 200 .223 ADI brass from magnum sports on special.
Pretty happy with it. Quality seems ok, as a test I didn't f/l size before loading, because I bet they don't. No problems. Its been a while since I've played with .223 brass but nothing about it worries me.
Chronos
Cheers Chronos, can you recall if the primer pockets were tight or loose?
Apollo wrote:Okay, Outdoor Sporting Agencies is just one of the new distributors of ADI products as is NIOA so when this kicks in fully we should see a better supply of ADI Powder as it's no longer just Winchester Dealers getting supplies and a lot of country gun shops are now a lot happier.
If you are using heavy bullets, like 70gr or more in a fast twist barrel and a powder like AR2208 one might run into a problem with powder loads at the high end due to the lack of internal case capacity ending up with very compressed loads. One solution is to use a "drop tube" but that doesn't work all the time. For light bullets like 55-60gr you should be fine.
CCI 450 Primers are .1750" in diameter and would probably solve the tight primer story. CCI 450's even though marked as "Magnum" are used quite often as a replacement. CCI BR4's are reported to be the "select match version" of the 450's often swapped with each other when fine tuning a load to see which group better and both have the same cup thickness of .025" for use in "high pressure" cartridges.
Gun Nut Gordo wrote:I bought some and found that in my rifle Kimber 84M pro varmint .223 the pin wouldn't strike the primers hard enough because it was too short.
MalleeFarmer wrote:I know I'm reviving an old thread but beats starting a new one. I've just bought 480rds of buffalo River .308 ammo (adi) I was wondering if anyone has had much experience with the brass? Cheers in advance
deadkitty wrote:For a beginner like myself, it's good enough to learn reloading on and until I find a problem with it, I won't be in a hurry to change brands.
DATFISH wrote:For what it is worth from a newbie to this game ..................... I just bought the following:
100 x.223 ADI unprimed cases with the following stats
Weight of Case
std dev 0.271
Median 90.800
Mean 90.801
Min 90.1
Max 91.4
spread 1.3
Most frequent 90.7
#number within +- .5 grn of mean 90
neck brass thickness (sample only) .0120 to .0135
unsized start length (sample only) 1.755
100 X .223 Lapua Match Cases with following stats
0.427 std dev
95.300 Median
95.330 Mean
94.300 Min
96.500 Max
2.200 spread
95.100 Most frequent
63.000 #number within +- .5 grn of mean
.0130 to .0140 neck brass thickness (sample only)
1.750 unsized start length (sample only)
on this sample ADI is a good deal for all but serious target rifle...but even then the proof will be in the durability of the cases .
Note :
1.no cases have been turned and on sample measurements Lapua is both more consistent in neck wall thickness ( slightly) and thicker in dimension, leaving perhaps (?) more scope to turn necks to a lower thickness and higher consistency.
2. Both samples bought from same retailer on same day.
thoughts ?