Starline Brass, the good, the bad, the ugly

[Needcoffee]

Starline has a good product. Great handgun brass. As for rifle. As some have said. Not quite Lapua or Alpha but better than Winchester and Hornady.

 

[couchnapper]

also have a bunch of 44 mag starline that has 6-7 loads on it.

 

[Live_weighT34]

I’ve only used Starline in my Winchester 45-70 and trapdoor loads at that so very mild but every piece has been great to work and zero sizing or crimping issues.
I have a bag of 243 win as well I just haven’t bothered to load it yet and am probably going to get some 44 mag & 357 to load up for my dad.

 

[Chipz]

Starline makes some of the best brass for the price. Its been my go to brass for .243 and 45-70. Running hot loads in my .243 the pockets are snug, doesn't seem to stretch as much, so I can go more firings without having to trim. I also don't anneal my cases either.

Never had the dough to shoot for Lapua. Hornady brass seems like it's made of butter, super soft compared to everything else I've used. I will say SL is a bit harder than others, takes a little bit more force in the press, but I'll take it if it extends the brass life.

 

[northernlandgar]

Been using Starline since I started handloading with really good results. Currently got a batch of 6.5CM Starline brass on its 22nd firing with no issues. I've also used it in .30-06, .243, .223, .357 Magnum, and .38 Special.

It's cost effective and works well.

 

[Qholum37]

22x fired! Damn!

 

[Calcoyote]

I have drank the kool-aide on Starline brass. Very consistent groups. I currently use them for: 243, 260 Rem, 270 Win, and 308. They are not as good as Peterson or Lapua, but TONS better than Nosler Honady, or Winchester.

 

[thinhorn_AK]

For the price it’s great, much better than hornaday brass. I used to load lots of it but now I mostly use lapua and Peterson.

 

[Dan in Alaska]

I don't have any complaints with the Starline brass I have, and I have quite a bit of it. So far, I've used their rifle brass for .223 Rem, 6.5 CM, 7mm-08, .300 Blackout, .300 Ham'r, .308 Win, 350 Legend, and .450 Bushmaster. I've also used Starline brass for some of the less popular pistol cartridges like .357 Sig, 10mm, .400 Cor-bon, .45 Colt, and .454 Casull, where finding range brass has been more difficult than with 9mm and .45 ACP.