Norma 6.5 Grendel Brass on Sale @ Midway

[Hank Rearden]

$77.96 per 100 pieces

If anyone is interested I just noticed this.
Priced less than Lapua, and about the same as Hornady.
I have always understood that Norma is top shelf brass, but have never used any personally.
Has anyone used any of this? If so... opinions please.

http://www.midwayusa.com/product/1311349580/norma-usa-reloading-brass-65-grendel

[Drillboss]

Check the last couple pages of this thread:

http://www.65grendel.com/forum/showthread.php?11855-What-s-the-best-reloading-manual-for-6.5-grendel/page3

[dammitman]

i will bet we look back on this post a year from now and go "damm, sure wish i had bought into that deal." things are looking like there is gonna be another massive long term shortage of everything soon

[sneaky one]

Thanks HR, get em while you can gents,. Federal has been as lazy,in the past.

[SADano]

Does anyone know if the Norma brass takes large or small primers?

[Cornbread]

What is the capacity compared to lapua?

[123wsg]

Only bought Norma one time for .243 and it's the only brass I've ever bought that had around 3 or 4 defective brass ( pin holes in necks ) in the 500 m/t's. Norma replaced the defects but I did not think it was any better than Hornady brand.

[LRRPF52]

Does anyone know if the Norma brass takes large or small primers?

Small Rifle Primers

The Nosler brass I have looks really exceptional. Case mouths all chamfered perfectly, uniform case lengths, weights, all around looking like top quality brass.

Norma makes the brass for Nosler.

[Daveyboy]

Damn, I missed out on this.

[lesbaer45]

Monmouth Reloading has Lapua brass on sale.

I picked up 40 (2 x 20 box) before the 'clearance' deal went away. Got a box of 50 Hornady from Midway on sale as well since I figured I should try different brass out when I finally get this 6.5G built. That and the loaded PPU brass I'll recover should give me some idea of which to standardize on.

Monmouth reloading has the 100 box of Lapua on sale @87.99. 4+ boxes will drop that to $79.19.

It seemed like a deal to me since I've never seen it that cheap before but others may have it for less.

I picked up a box of those as well. If I'd have had the scratch I'd have gone for 5 boxes.

[Daveyboy]

Is the LAPUA brass in 6.5G a lot better than the Hornady stuff? I thought I had been reading that it wasn't much better if any.

I am going to order 400 peices and already have an order I am going to put in at midway. In basics, it will cost about $46 more to get the LAPUA, or $0.12 more/peice.

[Daveyboy]

Is the LAPUA brass in 6.5G a lot better than the Hornady stuff? I thought I had been reading that it wasn't much better if any.

I am going to order 400 peices and already have an order I am going to put in at midway. In basics, it will cost about $46 more to get the LAPUA, or $0.12 more/peice.

Welp, I went for it and ordered 400 pieces of LAPUA. I'll run 100 of them identically as 100 hornady I have on hand and document it for myself to compare.

edit to add: Midway just threw the Norma 20 piece sets back up for sale at $16.01 --- odd.

[Jimbo]

They still have them in stock .Just ordered the 100 count yesterday , also have 123 amax on sale ! never used norma in my grendel always used hornady, read a mix of reviews on norma brass but figure I will give it a try .

[SDguy]

I ended up ordering a few to try.

I'm sure I'll like the Lapua better. This way I will have a comparison and I can segregate loads by Head stamp.

[Jimbo]

Norma brass came in today and looks great . Mouths are debured and chamfered . The primer hole is deffinetly smaller than hornady brass has and the primers fit very snug on CCI primers .