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.45 ACP brass - srjdsmith - 08-27-2023 My son got some 45 SWC bullets he’d like to have loaded. I want to do a nice job for him. Usually, with FMJ’s, I just pick a good load near the middle, bracket out a couple grains, choose the one I like and load them. I don’t load max charges, but I also don’t sort brass for those ball ammo loads. The load I’ll do for these bullets calls for Federal brass and, sorting through my brass, I have relatively few Federal. The vast majority of what I have are Winchester- probably from “white box” Win loads I had in bulk. I’m pretty sure I can come up with 100 Federal but… could I use the Winchester brass? If they’re all the same brass, the consistency should be there? Would Remington Peters brass be a better choice than Winchester if I can’t find enough Federals? He wants accuracy, so it’ll probably be a relatively modest, to light, load. RE: .45 ACP brass - tommag - 08-27-2023 I can't see where there would be much difference. Maybe weigh a few of each and see if there's a big difference in weight between them. RE: .45 ACP brass - Glshooter - 08-28-2023 You'll never see the difference on target. I've won so many matches using mixed 45 ACP that I would be embarrassed to list them. Personally I prefer Winchester brass but back last century Federal was very much more available than it is today. I have cleaned and sold around 60,000 pieces of Winchester over the years to a gun shop out East and never had a complaint. I don't like S&B as the primer pockets are iffy at times for size. R-P stuff is always good to go also. Greg RE: .45 ACP brass - specops56 - 08-28-2023 I've never noticed a difference in accuracy when reloading with mixed brass. Terry RE: .45 ACP brass - srjdsmith - 08-29-2023 Brass Goblin says “Ooooooo! So shiny!”