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northmn
03-14-2011, 01:24 PM
I am kinda putting the cart before the horse here and maybe should have asked before I oredered, but I just ordered some Starline brass for my 32-20. Its rated pretty high at Midway. Its the nickel plated as the brass was not available. Are there any tricks to this stuff? Nickel in my 45-70 and 30-30 seem to be a little thicker. The Starline is about as cheap for 100 as Remington and WW at 50.

DP
NickSS
03-14-2011, 06:07 PM
I have used starline cases in several calibers and have been happy with all of them with no issues.
btroj
03-14-2011, 06:24 PM
Nickel is usually a bit thicker. I have used lots of Starline 32-20 brass. Will buy more in the future, good stuff it is.
Brad
canyon-ghost
03-14-2011, 07:23 PM
Just finished up another 100 rounds of it, I order by 500 lots. Starline is good brass. The 32-20 and 22 Hornet are, just naturally, thin cases. But Starline is all I shoot in 32-20 for my Contender. You'll have fewer dented ones than if you buy Winchester by the bag. Like the man said, "Good Stuff".
Ron
Jack Stanley
03-14-2011, 10:23 PM
I'm just starting to use some Starline I bought several years ago . It's the plain brass and I'm glad it is . I've had nickel plated brass before that seemed like it was cracking loose after while and sticking to the sizer die . One of the guys at work just loved nickel stuff though .

Jack
northmn
03-20-2011, 11:39 PM
They are backording my loading dies but I was able to load some up using a 300 Savage die sizing die by taking out the decapping sizing pin and knocking the cases out with a rod. I used an extender to push them in. Had a 32 Long set of dies and used them to seat the bullets. The 32-20 brass is very thin and barely gripped the 312 bullets. I swear the Starline have a thinner neck than the Remingtons. I hope the correct set of dies will permit more pressure on the bullets. The 312 bullets seemed to shoot pretty fair.

DP
btroj
03-21-2011, 10:12 AM
That brass is not only thin but fragile. Bump the end of the size die and you ruin a case. Short of Hornet brass it is as fragile as anything I have seen.

wait for the correct dies, they will give you the right bullet pull.
northmn
03-21-2011, 11:20 AM
That brass is not only thin but fragile. Bump the end of the size die and you ruin a case. Short of Hornet brass it is as fragile as anything I have seen.

wait for the correct dies, they will give you the right bullet pull.

I had a 44-40 once that was like that. It also wanted to crush on loading.

DP