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Kash-LAX acquired Xtreme after they went through Chapter 11
savagelover
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You are lucky to have range pickup. Damn lucky.
ackley man
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Starline .38 Special brass is notoriously short of published TTL by 6 to 7 grand. There is no reason for straight wall brass to be made short of TTL. Their wall thickness is the best of the best and they are sized dead nuts on. Their 45 acp brass seems to be consistently made to published TTL with the same excellent wall thickness tolerances
I'll ask for clarification, because i have no idea what "TTL" is an acronym for or what "6 to 7 grand" is a measurement of
Savage30L
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I took my wife to the range on Sunday; of the thousands of spent cartridges lying around, I found nothing I reload for (.38 special, .45 Colt, 30-06, 30 Carbine, etc). Brass has become so expensive that a lot of people reload now, and absolutely scour ranges for anything useful...sigh....and to think of all that .38 brass I threw away when I was younger....
GeoDudeFlorida
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I think he’s saying Starline ships their .38Spl six to seven thousandths of an inch short of the recommended trim to length.
I don’t know if that’s true or not but I do recall the trim length is longer than SAAMI minimum. I’m imagining someone who buys new brass then immediately mixes it with old brass then wonders why they have problems getting a consistent crimp.
But then I’m just guessing and could be wrong.
FWIW, Starline is good brass in .45Colt and most calibers, especially for the asking prices. I usually only buy new brass for revolvers and then keep it all together so it ages fairly evenly.
Meh, not really an issue to me, it is very, as you point out, consistent in length and wall thickness, so all I have to do the new Starline revolver cases is deburr/chamferr (because that's where I choose to be picky), tumble and use. I'm a stickler for consistent case lengths with revolver cases, so that's more important to me than whether it's .005 under the recommended trim to length, or right on, or .005 over. My first ever range brass in .38 Spl had some "short" cases in it, so I trimmed everything to 1.140, and have been doing so ever since. Years ago I tried an experiment where I bought new Starline cases and tested to see if I could shoot it any better than my mixed cases from range pickups, and I couldn't. Tucked away the unfired new cases and have been shooting mixed range brass ever since.
jimbo4
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Not to long ago l ordered 800 cases in 223. Can't wait to use them.
GBExpat
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Starline? I am a fan. I have purchased & (re)used several thousands of 4 different flavors of their cases over the past couple of decades.
32WCF, .44spl, .300BO, 9x17 ... someday I will probably buy some 7.62x25 cases, but I still have a LOT of that milsurp in-stock.
All of the others for which I reload are often available from the "once-fired" brass market.
small town life
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I have starline in many cartridges of pistol and rifle. 45-70 being the largest. I bought jag primed cases that had junk primers and case separation issues (357sig). Starline has been good brass for me!
Skeptic13
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Don't think you will hear to many negative comments about starline brass here. It is quality brass at a reasonable price.
I like Starline and use it revolver cartridges. I only shoot 9mm and 45 ACP autoloaders and find more mixed brass than I could ever reload. I even keep those damn small pistol primer 45 ACP cases in case a time comes when I run out of large primers and can't find them on-line. I use Lapua brass for rifle cartridges except for .223. I find so much of that I'll never run out. Its like most people who shoot semi-autos don't reload.
Old Grumpy
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FWIW (For What It;s Worth) I only buy Starline brass. Consistent quality, great product, and excellent longevity.
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OLDE RETIRED COASTIE
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my brother who passed away last year, used to say starline brass was about pretty much match quality brass at slightly higher than regular brass prices
longdayjake
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Star line brass is good stuff these days. When they first came out they were considered low quality. Nowadays I would consider them some of the best. We all learn and get better as we go so I don't doubt that they just needed time to figure it out and now they kick butt.
Riomouse911
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I have loaded thousands of Starline cases over the years, from .32 S&W Long to .454 Casull. Starline brass is one of my favorites.
Now, Starline, if you are listening, could you PLEASE put out a run of .327 Federal Magnum cases? I have owned my .327 for over a year and you haven’t had one single .327 case for sale on your site the whole time.
Stay safe.
Now, Starline, if you are listening, could you PLEASE put out a run of .327 Federal Magnum cases? I have owned my .327 for over a year and you haven’t had one single .327 case for sale on your site the whole time.
Stay safe.
Blue68f100
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I like their pistol brass. Their rifle brass comes in at trim length which I do not like, for there is no room for cleanup without going short. Now it does hold up good, no problem with that. I wish they would ship at caliber spec length instead of the shorter trim length.
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OLDE RETIRED COASTIE
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My brother who had been reloading longer than I have, and who passed away last year, used to say starline was pretty much match grade brass at regular brass prices.
I have some in 45 colt, along with REMINGTON, WINCHESTER, and a bunch of other brass. I also bought some in 32 H & R mag for my wifes revolver, and loads really well.
I have some in 45 colt, along with REMINGTON, WINCHESTER, and a bunch of other brass. I also bought some in 32 H & R mag for my wifes revolver, and loads really well.
