Starline Brass- What's Your Opinion?

floorguy24

I've been reloading 44 Magnum & 44 Special pistol loads for a short time now and have used several different brass manufacturers.

In my humble opinion, I've found the Starline Brass to be among the best. It's sized well right out of the box, cleans very well with very little tumbling time, and stays very consistent in size after several reloads/shots.

I realize we all have different opinions, so I'd like to hear what you may think/like/dislike as far as brass is concerned for reloading.

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hdcolt51

I've been using starline since 1995 reloading six different calibers.Works for me.

charliemeyer007

I have had good luck with their brass.

CapnMidnight

I think it's the best straight wall brass out there. I have nothing but good things to say about Star Line.
W.D.

BHAVIN

Excellent brass. I have been dealing with it for many years and have never had any issues.

Alan Rushing

no complaints

perry shooter

+1 from WD and the rest of the guys[^] top of the line brass.

dcs shooters

Been loading it for years. The best you can get [^]

machine gun moran

I started using Starline when I began loading for a 38-40 revolver. It was the only brass that I could find at a reasonable price. It turned out to be real good stuff, and (as you mentioned) it has a somewhat odd characteristic of seeming to clean up much more easily than other cartridge brass usually does. My initial lot of 500 rounds is on its 4th loading now, with no problems. I use fairly strong loads of Unique with lead bullets, and 2400 with jacketed bullets. The jacketed bullets are .40 S&W/10mm bullets that have no crimping groove, so one is formed with a Lee 'factory crimp' die. This subjects the thin neck walls to being essentially 'mashed', but I haven't gotten any splits or other damage, so far.

5mmgunguy

Like it and Winchester...

Navybat

I've used it for my .380, and I've used Winchester for .45, 9mm, and .380.

The Starline seems fine, but seems thinner than the Winchester. It isn't as tough, but when loaded fires fine.

So over all, I have no complaints. It was cheap and seems to work well. For the same price, though, I'd go with Winchester.

I have not used it for rifle calibers yet.

reload999

Never had a problem with it.

floorguy24

Wow, so far Starline is one of the most popular. I see a few Winchester supporters as well. [:)]

B17-P51

What They Said[:D]

MIKE WISKEY

.38 super, 9mm largo, .44/40, .50/90 sharps & .50/110 win. ...all work well. nice brass

Rocky Raab

What you may not realize is how small the company is. If you call them, the lady who answers is "Mrs Starline" sitting in the spare room/office and the "Mr" is out in the workshop. They have a handful of employees now, but ran it themselves for years.

floorguy24

Well, back to the single stage press for now. Going to size and prime another 100- 200 new Starline 44 Magnum brass tonight. I've got some new JHP bullets coming in this week, I'm excited. Still addicted... [:p]

RCrosby

Used to load Starline 38-40 and 44-40 and no complaints.

Riomouse911

In my mixed-brass bins I have PMC, Federal, W-W and Winchester, REM-UMC, Starline, CBC (Magtech) and some others I can't recall. The only brass I have had constant issues with were the PMC ones, they got a thick tarnish from the original firing that ate the brass away.

I prefer the Starline cases however, the prices for new brass are good and they make some obscure caliber cases (like .45 Super) that I shoot.

WinMike

I've used Starline for several calibers, but the most useful was the 32-20 which are converted to 7.62 Nagant. Lee recommends only Starline, and they're right....I tried WW, and the rim failed (well, if someone says you can't, you have to try, right? [:I]).