Availability of .204 Brass

[tbates]

Have you .204 fans out there who reload had difficulty finding brass? I have about 500 .204 rounds and have reloaded them all once and some twice. Since I also shoot .223 and .17 HMR at prairie dogs, I'm not likely to run out. But, I noticed that when I looked for reloading supplies at the Tulsa gun show this weekend, no one had .204 brass. You could find tons of .223 but no .204. I try too look ahead to my shooting needs for the future and would prefer to have maybe a 1,000 rounds on hand, especially since .204 is my favorite centerfire varmint round. Is .204 becoming scarce?

Tom

[RAMOS]

The brass is hard to find right now. My WW brass is holding up very well, that's the good news. I have some with ten firings, never re-trimmed. I do, however, anneal after every four firings. Best buy it when you see it!

[jcinnb]

Just checked Gunbot. There are 7 I think vendors with .204 brass in stock as of 11:00 p.m.. What I can't find is once fired.

[varmit_master]

I fount a 100 ct of win for 20.00. I counted it and there was a extra 18 brass. I just miss buying 147 rem cheap price.

[Tokimini]

+1 on annealing. I am convinced it really extends brass life. Before I started annealing I could get maybe 3 reloads on Hornady brass, which work hardens really quickly, before I started getting lots of split necks. Now I've lost count on the number of reloads on my brass and I have had exactly one split neck in a year.

[varmit_master]

I can find hornady and nosler brand. But I have been looking for Winchester. My wife ended up buying me 5 boxes of factory Winchester 34 gr HP. I have new bag of Winchester put up for later.