Thread: federal vs adi bras

Originally Posted by northdude

The best budget brass ive come across is highland which i think is ppu but may be wrong must of had 10 or more reloads out of my 6.5x55 stuff

who sells highland brass?

Federal brass in most calibers I use has been fine, I do find that inside case capacity is slightly less than say Norma or Winchester but this isn't a problem for me. Most bras I use is working fine and has done for many years.

Originally Posted by Three O'Three

who sells highland brass?

i was buying as complete ammo it was cheap so you got fire formed brass once you've used it only see the odd packet around now but i think its ppu brass which i use in 22 hornet 222 243 6,5x55 and 308 i use ppu in my 303s about the only brass ive had problems with is s&b went though a stage of bending and breaking decapping pins the hornet brass had off center flash holes and the x55 brass the flash holes were to small...prob a couple of bad batches tho i use fed brass in my 223 but throw it away after a couple of firings as the primer pockets are to loose plus they stick in the chamber and need to use a cleaning rod to get them out....hence it doesnt get used much

Unless I’m mistaken ppu brass is used for Highland cartridges

Have used federal in 308 and 243 and found it fine.
It is a lot softer in the head than say lapua brass but unless wanting to run max loads it is fine.