Whats you favorite headstamp?

[lightman]

Whats your favorite headstamp on the common calibers of range brass that you find? I'm talking 9mm, 40S&W and 45ACP.

I have more than a lifetime supply of the above calibers and I am steady adding to it! I'm thinking about thinning it down to a few chosen headstamps.

So, what headstamps would you keep and what would you get rid of?

Thanks ahead of time for your opinions.

[skeettx]

45 ACP LC Match

[lightman]

45 ACP LC Match

I wish I was picking those up rather than the off brand stuff that seems to be common. I have also shot other match cases like WCC or WRA Match. I'm still running a batch of LC-64 Match in 7.62. It measures and weighs nearly as consistently as Lapua.

[daboone]

My favorites are what I just picked up at the ranges I frequent.

[OS OK]

PMC

Have been using a batch of about 600 cases in the .45ACP for prolly 5 years now...lost count of the reloads I've done & some of the head stamps are almost unreadable. Since last December I am starting to see some case splits and case mouth splits, so far prolly 8 or so. They are showing up in the expander station. I think that's a pretty good run...and they are still going strong, tight primer pockets is what I watch for but my loads are not on the extreme but they are full power, 900FPS @ 200g. & 842FPS @ 230g. cast & PC'd.

[Tom W.]

Speer, if someone is just going to leave them on the floor....

[TheDoctor]

Starline.

[Shawlerbrook]

I shoot and reload mostly rifle and a few revolver calibers. Really don’t have a favorite, but probably have loaded more Winchester than the others.

[tdoor4570]

anything that is reloadable and in good shape I really don't care whose it is just so it works

[Walks]

Favorite Headstamp:

REM-UMC for Revolver.
SUPER-X or NORMA for Rifle
R-P for Pistol

Least favorite;

cbc
ppu
starline

[RogerDat]

Anything in a large enough quantity to provide consistent brass is good by me. Especially with revolver where the roll crimp depends on brass being consistent. Federal may not be the greatest brass but having several hundred of them makes for consistent results. I want the brass to stretch and age/deform at the same rate so things stay consistent.

To me having 50 or a 100 of a bolt action rifle brass that are the same headstamp also matters more than which specific headstamp. In auto loaders I would say the same applies. Biggest darn headache is sorting bucket of .223 by headstamp in order to fully prep several hundred of same headstamp.

I like PPU and in milsurp HXP has been good. Federal has been good in revolvers for me even though I think it feels a bit lighter than some other cases.

[Bazoo]

I like winchester brass. I'll use anything though if I got a batch of it. Got some federal that is going strong.

[Pereira]

RP because my initials are on them.

RP

[mac60]

I'm not particular and I use a little bit of all of it. Starline makes good brass though and I buy it when I can get it. I shoot a lot of C&R guns and usually end up with Prvi Partisan brass.

[goryshaw]

For revolvers primarily Starline, with FC a distant second, and R-P and WW bringing up the rear. Auto pistols I'm more egalitarian, besides I'm going to lose them pretty soon anyways.

Rifles tends to be FC for .223/5.56, .243 Win and 7.62/.308, HXP for .30-06, and PPU for misc milsurps. Got a lot of non-reloadable boxer and/or steel cased for some milsurps, but they aren't relevant.

[JoeJames]

Starline.

[maxreloader]

In pistol I'll use anything I can get in qty but will never use S&B or Amerc. In rifle I'm a lot more picky but try to stay away from PPU, S&B, Estate, Frontier, and many of the tri and quad-stab mil crimps.

[Hossfly]

I like em all.

[JWFilips]

PMC ......... they last forever

[eric123]

Lapua , but majority of my brass is R-P...