Winchester Brass 6.5x55 Swedish Mauser Unprimed Bag of 50

Good quality, especially for the price.

I purchased 200 pcs of this product. I had one case mouth damaged in the lot. I took off one star due to a significant number (like 40%) being shorter than the suggested trim length. Since I crimp using a collet die, this is not a total show stopper. I will reload these cases, neck sizing only, and recheck case length trimming as needed. All in all, not bad brass and affordable.

This must be rejected production from Winchester's ammunition loading operations. Of 51 cases in the bag, 2 were unusable due to neck and shoulder defects that would have resulted in case splits on first firing, and these had to be discarded. Most had pear-shaped flash holes, some even with a small brass tag attached from the punching operation. In addition, most case necks were cut at an angle, so these had to trimmed to shorter to minimum length to square them up. This is without a doubt the worst brass I have ever purchased from any source in 30 years of reloading. I am not going to waste match bullets on these cases, just use them for blasting ammo. I bought these rather than Prvi Partizan because I wanted to buy American-made. We have other USA choices in 6.5 Swede, such as Hornady and Nosler. No more Winchester anything for me; they obviously do not care when they sell junk like this.