Any Body Else Hate S&B Brass?

[gandog56]

I have a No.1 Mk.4 Lee Enfield in .303 Brit. On five occasions a reload caused a case separation with half the case lodged in the chamber. Upon inspection every single case was an S&B. No other brand of case has ever failed in that rifle. Makes me think S&B brass is garbage. Am I wrong?

 

[petingrass]

I've neverhad any problems with it in several rifle calibers.

 

[gandog56]

I've neverhad any problems with it in several rifle calibers.

I've avoided it like the plaque because of the .303.

 

[toddrod]

It has plague me in 9mm too. I hate it.

 

[audioshooter]

how many times was the brass fired?

 

[Epi5]

I don't even touch S&B factory stuff anymore. Last three times i bought it i would get HORRID accuracy. About an 8" group At BEST at 7 yds and shooting as much as a foot high.

When i first shot it , it was after i had night sights installed on my handgun by a smith, and i had put in a trigger kit myself. I thought something was insanely wrong with my gun and stopped shooting, did a detail strip of gun at home to see if anything was wrong. Nope. It was the ammo.

Tried buying S&b two times after that and had same results. So I avoided that stuff from then on out.

Edit: this was with their .45acp if that matters.

 

[aceinyerface]

Trying to reload Herters .45acp (made by S&B) about 20-25% of the primer pockets are so out of spec that the new primer deforms going in when using a Dillon 550B. It is only that brass that gives me an issue.

 

[oppsImissed]

I wont reload S&B or herters. Not woth the hassel

 

[leeshall]

S&B 9mm cases do indeed have very tight primer pockets. However, after a trip through the Dillon Super Swage 600 they are usable.

 

[killerkarl]

I bought a couple of boxes of Herter's in .38 Special once and could barely get them to eject out of an old S&W after firing them.

 

[CmbtEngineer]

I've shot probably 2000 of their 45acp and I have been reloading the cases ever since, I haven't had any FTF or FTE or any reloading issues with their brass. I have shot roughly 900 rounds of their 223, and I have deprimed and and tumbled, but I have not reloaded any of the 223 yet, I will let you know if I do have any issues, it is the older light green boxes that I have experience with by the way.

 

[gandog56]

how many times was the brass fired?

Got them in a brass swap, but supposedly once fired stuff. Many different headstamps. But like I said, reloaded them all exactly the same. Only the S&B separated.