Hi everyone. New to this site and reloading 10mm. I've been reloading for years but not 10mm. I see that alot of you guys are getting your brass from starline. Never used starline and just wondering how good of a case they produce. Do you need to trim each case to length? deburr? chamfer? etc. The reason I ask is because I've gotten brass from other places that were really out of tolerance. Thanks guys in advance!!!!!

Welcome to the Forum!

I've found that new Starline brass is really sticky, in that the expander sticks to the inside of the brass. I don't normally load new brass, but I had 1,000 new .38 Special Starline brass that I won. The stuff stuck so hard to the expander of my Lyman M Die that it stretched the brass, and finally pulled one apart. I've never had that happen with any other brass, and I've loaded approximately 750,000 rounds of ammunition over the years.

I had to finally stop using the Lyman M Die for that brass. I even polished the expander with Flitz in my lathe, and the very next round of new Starline clung to it like an octopus, and left traces of brass on the newly polished expander. I know others have had the same problem with new Starline brass, but not once it's been fired.

It has a good reputation, but I find it's just about the same as any other commercially produced brass. No better and no worse. Others may disagree, but that's my experience with it.

Hope this helps.

Fred

The brass I have used from them has been load and go. No trimming, chamfering, deburring, etc. I really think I could have skipped sizing as all the stuff I mic'd was in spec in every way, but I sized anyway just for consistency sake.

Lasts well too. I have some starline brass that is onto it's 6-7 reload and looks just fine. Primers are still tight, haven't had any splits yet. Only losses are to my guns throwing brass into the no-mans land at the range, and 2 that were chewed up on FTF before my gun was broken in.

Posted my response on your other thread of the same basic topic. I have had supreme good experiences with their 10mm brass. Georgia Arms and Doubletap both use it.

I have used Starline Brass for many years, and it is as good or better than any I have used.

Yea I accidently posted under the wrong section the first time. Damn newbies!!! I appreciate the replys.

I ordered 100 rounds for my 50 AE. Every one of the cases right out of the box allowed a bullet to slip right in with hand pressure.
I had to resize the cases. No biggie, bulk brass often is beat up and dinged (at least rifle) and needs at least a very partial resize to square up the case mouths.

Overall, Starline 10mm brass itself seems very reliable/strong from a quality standpoint.
Federal is definitely a notch or so down on the quality scale, at least IMHO. I have had split cases with some reloads...and this was in a fully supported Kimber chamber.

As far as trimming, check case length on a few fired cases before reloading. I rarely have ever trimmed 10mm brass.
The primer pockets seem to get loose before the cases grow to long. YMMV.
Most reloading manuals have plenty of good basic info on reloading pistol cases.

Always check any new brass before assuming it is good to go.



BTW, oki, I merged your other topic here so it should pick up some more responses!
TG

Starline is good brass. A lot cheaper than Remington or Winchester brass but higher quality.