Quality Cartridge Brass - 7mm TCU

[creekcrawdad]

I am new to IHMSA and new to handloading.

I have chosen T/C in 7mm TCU and 22 as calibers to shoot. I was wondering if the cost of Quality Cartridge brass is worth the expense or is there a better cartridge to form?

thanks,
Keith

[ole95]

I have 3 7 TCU barrels
UAS barrel formed from RP 223 brass
Production barrel formed from Hornady 223 brass
unlimited barrel formed from Winchester 223 brass
and I have used Mil 223 brass all once fired before formed
I can tell no difference but I'm no expert
not sure if that answers your ?

[xp100]

I use .222 Rem Mag brass as it is a little longer and fits the chamber of my TC barrel better. I have to trim a little off the mouth as it ends up being slightly too long for the chamber. It allows me to load most bullets into the brass. The freebore on my barrel is such that I can take a 150 gr bullet, insert it into the chamber so as to touch the firling and insert a sized case behind it and close the action without the case touching the bullet. The slightly longer .222 mag takes up some of this empty space allowing a slight bullet press into the case.

[AtomicDogg]

An alternative to Quality Cartridge 7 TCU brass: http://www.knology.net/~gaihmsa/Pages/WantBody.html

[clrogers]

If you are still interested I have 7mm TC/U 1035 rounds @ $35.00 per 100 (7mm TC/U brass has been formed from .223 brass to 7mm TC/U using dies, fire formed, length trimmed to match each other & neck reamed for consistent neck thickness). My brass is mixed (some brass, some nickel plated). Casings have been fired 2 to 3 times. Contact me at clrogers@charter.net.
Thanks

chuck