Rossi Rifleman

I was browsing the Starline website new products list.
Noticed they just came out with 30-30/30WCF brass.
.35 per case when you order 250 pcs for 87.00, free shipping.
Checked midway and they dont have any in stock yet.
so I ordered a 250 pkg.

https://www.starlinebrass.com/whats-new ... oducts.cfm

I want to measure the neck thickness and compare it to winchester and prvi brass.

Thanks for the info. I've stopped using SL, too many case separations with max loads. Went to PPU, Win, & Hornady in that order.

Also found out that SL new cases have little value when you try to sell them. I had 5K new cases that I could not sell at 50% of the new price with free shipping.

Thank you RD.
I have a bag of the PPU that i found last year, not used it yet.
got plenty of winchester put back also.
I hope the SL is good quality.
I wonder why SL has started making 30-30 brass?
According to castbullet site it came out last month.
I thought 30-30 was a cartridge that was fading into history, according to the gun writers, it is outclassed by better cartridges.
30-30 is still one of my favorites rds.
Must still be a big demand for SL to tool up for 30-30.

SL has introduced about one new case per month for the last couple of years. The fact they didn't already make .30-30 is odd. Gun writers? I have never read one other than us amateurs. I have some of their .357 brass (some un-loaded and some un-shot) but have sold way more than I've kept.

Guess I've been lucky. I use SL brass in both 357 Mag and 45 Colt some of it has gone 6 times with pretty stiff loads and so far no mouth spits or signs of incipient separations and since reading of RD's troubles I do check before each loading session. I can get Winchester and SL locally and occasionally I see Remington in 38 spl and 357 but have never seen 45 Colt.

Make smoke,

Thats a shame that an American company like SL is making cheap, use once, throw away brass.
No wonder it is so cheap.
And i was getting ready to hot load some 357 mag SL brass, I found this out just in time.

You're mileage might very, just my experience.

Mad Trapper wrote:Thats a shame that an American company like SL is making cheap, use once, throw away brass.
No wonder it is so cheap.
And i was getting ready to hot load some 357 mag SL brass, I found this out just in time.

I've been running 180 grain cast Penn Bullets with near max loads of H110 without a problem in my '92. Only ever tried one in the Blackhawk.

Make smoke,

I was reading Pacos article, 357 mag and the literature.
He pushes a 200 gr rn in 38+P case at 52,000.
200 gr at 1876 FPS, only in rossi 92 and ruger.
I wanted to try it, but i am hesitant, have been for a while.
Ive got 357 and 38 SL brass, but not pushed them that high.

My separations have been with the 38-55 Win, 44 Mag, 45 Colt, 454 Casull, 45-70 Govt. All within three load cycles, except with the 454 which blew with the once fired. When I contacted them they blamed my loading, firearm, reloading equipment; everything except themselves. When I asked about the brass alloy they are using they got rude. Starline is what it is, cheap brass and there's got to be a "real" reason it is cheap.

I have a bunch of 9mm Makarov that I could not get rid of so I'm just shooting it and leaving it on the range. I'm not going to invest in the brass prep time to reuse it.