SmallCaliberCentral

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

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!

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.

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.

+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.

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.