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  • don1911

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    I am having trouble finding decent brass for 45 Colt. New is fine. But not Starline brand. Once fired brass would be good too. So far any decent brass I have found is overpriced, probably because it's hard to find. Anyone know of a decent source for 45 Colt brass? Even better would be a good local source near Springtown (west of Fort Worth).

    Thanks.
     

    benenglish

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    First, I don't know your definition of "overpriced". Prices are all over the place, obviously. Ruling out Starline (I'm curious about that, btw.) sorta limits your options. If you were willing to buy that brand, you could get all you want for less than $30/100, new. You could also consider looking for once-fired .454 Casull and trimming them to length.

    With that said, a bit of googling produces the following.

    Fired, no guarantee about headstamp -

    100 for $38 - Once-Fired-Brass
    100 for $25 - Once Fired Brass For Sale

    New -

    50 .460 S&W that can be cut down for $36 - Hornady Reloading Brass 460 S&W Mag Box of 50
    100 Hornady for $41.39 - https://www.wholesalehunter.com/product.asp?productid=7836

    There's a lot of the stuff on auction sites.

    Auctions with set "Buy it Now" prices:

    500 Remington brand, nickel, for $160 - Remington 45 Long Colt Brass 500 Nickel Cases NEW : Reloading Supplies at GunBroker.com
    50 Remington for $45 - Remington 45 Long Colt Brass 500 Nickel Cases NEW : Reloading Supplies at GunBroker.com

    Auctions that will end up who knows where:

    98 Fiocchi - 45 long colt Fiocchi brass 45 LC : Reloading Supplies at GunBroker.com
    100 Winchester - 45 long colt Winchester brass 45 LC : Reloading Supplies at GunBroker.com
    100 Magtech - 45 long colt CBC brass 45 LC : Reloading Supplies at GunBroker.com
    249 mixed headstamps, mostly Win or Rem - Lot of 249, 45 Long Colt Used Brass Winchester : Reloading Supplies at GunBroker.com

    Given your stated criteria, I'd jump on that lot of 500 new nickeled Remington cases for $160 (+shipping/taxes) and consider myself stocked up for a good while.
     

    don1911

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    I had 100 rounds of starline brass. random selection of about 7 or 8 required using both hands and lots of muscle to run brass through the resizing die. Trashed the whole 100.
     

    OLDVET

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    Over the past few years I have loaded several thousand Starline cases in various calibers. The only thing I have noticed odd, deals with the primer pockets. Some primer pockets in a certain patch will require more pressure to seat the primer than others will. This happens in all brass, but the Starline brass seems to be a little more pronounced. I buy Starline brass every chance I get. I think you should buy some other brand, so I can buy the Starline brass you pass up. In fact, I would have bought the 45 Colt brass you discarded.

    Here is my take on buying brass. If I see a good price on brass in a caliber I shoot, I buy a bag or two. Even if I don't need it at the time, I will have it on hand when I do need it. The market is easing when it comes to ammo and reloading supplies, so you should be able to find reasonably priced brass. I find the internet to be a great tool in this search. Good Luck.
     
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    I had 100 rounds of starline brass. random selection of about 7 or 8 required using both hands and lots of muscle to run brass through the resizing die. Trashed the whole 100.

    I can't help but wonder if there was another issue involved here. What brand sizing die? More than likely, StarLine would have replaced all 100 cases had you talked to them.

    I agree with benenglish because of available new brass in .45 Colt, it's the only brand I'm aware of that's factory rated for 30,000 PSI loads. For standard pressure loads, the cases probably would have lasted almost indefinitely. Obviously the case-walls are thicker which probably made them harder to size, but that would have changed somewhat after the first loading and firing.
     
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