Do you have a favorite brass in 9mm?

[Hawks Feather]

I admit that I am a bit of a brassAholic when it comes to my rifles, but for most of my pistols I have been using Winchester brass. I recently obtained a 9mm and have access to quite a bit of once fired brass. Does anyone have a favorite? I am just looking for suggestions and trying to decide if I want to start sorting or not.


Thanks,

Jerry

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[dragon813gt]

I don't shoot competition so I don't bother sorting the brass. They get loaded as I pull them out of one of the buckets. Only cases I segregate are ones for SD rounds.

[Schrag4]

For me, I've noticed that Blazer brass by far sizes, primes, and seats bullets easier than any other headstamp. FC would come next but it's not anywhere near 100% smooth as butter like Blazer is. IME it's pretty much downhill from there. That being said, I'll load anything. I just make it a point to look at a headstamp when I notice someting different, either good or bad.

[Schrag4]

I don't shoot competition so I don't bother sorting the brass. They get loaded as I pull them out of one of the buckets. Only cases I segregate are ones for SD rounds.

Maybe I'm not a serious competitor, but I don't see the point behind sorting brass for competition. They all go through the same sizing die. They all feed/extract/eject reliably so what's the point? I'm talking about 9mm shot quickly at 3-15 yards, not precision rifle.

[bobthenailer]

I do sort brass by brand ! for the 9mm I keep Winchester , Federal & R&P for my uses and put up a specific load in each brand of brass.
Most other brands of 9mm are either given to friends or are scrapped.

[Jal5]

I tend to use FC and WIN since I have the most of those. But I will use anything.

[bedbugbilly]

I don't shoot competition so I'm like some of the others here. I buy "range brass" and don't worry about head stamps. It al works out of my 9mm. I do notice some differences between the head stamps - agree that Blazer sizes and loads like butter but hey, they all load just fine. I buy it as cheap as I can as even though I try to recover my brass, I always loose some. At .02 or .03 cents a casing, it doesn't hurt so much! :-)

[Old Scribe]

I use what ever I am able to scrounge up. I do check head stamps and some load easier than others like Blazer. FC is good too.

[mold maker]

I find free is best. Non competitive shooting has less demand than SD, but still doesn't matter to me.

[spfd1903]

I load and shoot anything, but I do sort by head stamp to separate WCC military and S&B. The WCC has a crimped primer and the S&B has such tight pockets that I swage them also.

[mdi]

For my revolvers, I sort by headstamp. For my Tokerev and striker fired 9mms I sort by caliber only (oh, and I toss aluminum and strange headstamps. I inspect, but don't sort 9mm). And like mold maker, Free is best...

[wonderwolf]

I have been picking up 9mm brass for the better part of 15 years and just recently moved from reloading only 50 rounds a year for a conversion barrel on my CZ-52 on the single stage press to setting up my Loadmaster progressive since I got a mihec mold now and a 9mm EAA witness. I don't sort but it does seem like I wasn't watching for .380 when I did the caliber sort initially.

[HGS]

I have used all brands of brass, and lately have settled on Star-lines (*_*) brass where ever I could. The price is right, good customer service when ordering, so far no problems.

HGS

[soldierbilly1]

Best is Federal. Blazer is good.
worst: easy, Herter's.
BUT I'll shoot anything. I guess free is best!
bill boy

[bangerjim]

If it is not split or damaged............I SHOOT 'EM ALL!

Makes absolutely no difference to me in those little silly things. I shoot anything I find on the ground at the range.

Accurate larger cases and rifles is where I sort brass by head stamp. Not in little 9's.
banger

[kd185]

i only shot FREE 9mm brass

[Dragonheart]

I have not found one manufacture's brass that stands out from the rest in accuracy, but I have found the OAL of the case to make a difference in accuracy, especially on the straight wall cases like 9 mm & 45 ACP that headspace off the case mouth.

[toallmy]

I just started loading cast,but I am trying to stuff a fat little .358 9mm in my guns.so I am using rem brass it seems a little thinner.I think win last longer .

[jsizemore]

Imi/tzz

[Hawks Feather]

Thanks for the replies. I will go through them and see what I have. Next step is to wash 8 gallons of brass.

Jerry

[wonderwolf]

Thanks for the replies. I will go through them and see what I have. Next step is to wash 8 gallons of brass.

Jerry

55 gal drum (or cement mixer) and 40lbs of ss pins aught to make quick work of all that :)

[Hawks Feather]

55 gal drum (or cement mixer) and 40lbs of ss pins aught to make quick work of all that :)

That sounds like a great plan - but I don't think that is going to happen. . .

[wonderwolf]

That sounds like a great plan - but I don't think that is going to happen. . .

I have a buddy who has a cheap cement mixer that his work purchased, they couldn't get it to run or something and tossed it. He is handy with stuff like that, got it to run and uses it to clean brass 5gal buckets at a time.

[EDG]

Favorite means large lots of a single headstamp that I can get for cheap or free.
That usually means WW, RP or Federal. I will even sort them into individual headstamp buckets just to shoot the same headstamp in a single lot.

Other than that my choice is mostly driven by cost.

[ioon44]

My favorite 9mm brass is the free one's I pick up on ranges.

[alamogunr]

Obviously, no one is OCD about 9mm brass, but if someone is particular in the extreme, try this: https://www.grafs.com/dealer/product/438629

[SWMO1]

I use all kinds with WIN, FC and R&P my favorites. BTW sorting 8 gallons of brass by head stamp is going quite a chore. It would be a good problem to have in a "component shortage" though. Also good trading material.