whats the best brand of 270wsm cases to reload?

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whats the best brand of 270wsm cases to reload?

Post by marksman » 15 Sep 2017, 6:02 pm

I am about to pick up my rebarreled ruger mk1 :clap:
it's been re-chambered into 270wsm from 300wm and have been looking at some wsm brass and am wondering what you guy's would suggest as a good brand for the cases
I have tried working some fed and win cases but the consistency is f'n awful, it is once fired and old as I have had it from when the wsm's came out so I'm hoping the cases are made better now, the gunsmith has had my ruger and reamer for that long I have forgotten what neck size I ordered but I'm hoping its 13 thou neck wall thickness as I may be ok with that :allegedly:
appreciate any clue's on what is good
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Re: whats the best brand of 270wsm cases to reload?

Post by Ten » 15 Sep 2017, 8:39 pm

I'm using Norma in my Steyr and they are pretty good.
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Post by marksman » 16 Sep 2017, 3:14 pm

had a look at the norma prices, $95 for 50, I may have to bite the bullet and get some
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Post by marksman » 16 Sep 2017, 6:49 pm

Ten wrote:I'm using Norma in my Steyr and they are pretty good.
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Ten would you be able to tell me the neck wall thickness on your norma 270 wsm cases?
after lots of googleing I really think it may be the way to go if the necks are thick enough
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Re: whats the best brand of 270wsm cases to reload?

Post by Chronos » 16 Sep 2017, 7:25 pm

Norma

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Post by Joom » 19 Sep 2017, 3:45 pm

Would you guys say the Norma brass is relatively soft?

This is something I've read in other feedback quite a bit.
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Re: whats the best brand of 270wsm cases to reload?

Post by marksman » 19 Sep 2017, 7:03 pm

the problem I have is the neck wall thickness is not consistent with the other brands available so I have to neck turn to 13 thou to get the consistency,
they start at about 16 thou
even if I loose a bit of case life because the primer pockets open up early I would be happy with the tighter neck clearance and hopefully better alignment of the projectile
I have found the receipt for my reamer and it is a .313" neck so it is a no-neck turn and will be shipped back to be reground but for now until I do a rechamber I need to get some norma 270wsm brass
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