Hello all. I am a new member to the forum, but have done a lot of reading here for some time.
I have seen a couple of people asking about the brass used for the new Sig Elite Performance ammo; specifically who produces it. I believe that I may have figured that out.
I have shot several boxes of the Sig 180gr fmj ammo. It is decently priced, and loaded to full power more or less. When I got my first box, I gave the ammo a good once over. I looked at the headstamps on the brass and immediately noticed a signature characteristic of the Sig brass. The 0 in the 10mm stamp, as well at the O in AUTO, have very little or no relief in the center. What I mean is that there is no pronounced raised portion in the center of either the 0 or the O.
Yesterday, I was at my local Cabela's and found TNQ (Team Never Quit) 10mm brass on sale. It is made by Jagemann. Jagemann makes really good quality brass, so I picked up 3 bags of it to try out. I opened the bag tonight to look at a few pieces of the TNQ brass, and noticed the same exact headstamp characteristics of the Sig brass were present on this new TNQ brass. No raised center portion in the 0 or O stamps.
Also, if you look at "10mm AUTO" on both, they look identical. The A has a shallow relief, and the mm looks the same on both in the 10mm stamping as well. Last, look at the U in AUTO. The bottom portion of the letter is thicker at the bottom of both.
This leads me to believe that Jagemann is supplying the brass for Sig's Elite Performance ammo. I attached a few pics here with arrows to point out the stampings to look at. What do you guys think? Take a look at the pics and let me know.
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I would say that is a good bet. Jagemann supplies a lot of OEM brass.
It is a good possibility! Jagemann does make good quality 10mm brass from the test I did!
Quote from: The_Shadow on June 29 2015 08:46:08 AM MDT
It is a good possibility! Jagemann does make good quality 10mm brass from the test I did!
Is it worth the the $30 0r $40 premium in buying 100 count bags over Starlines bulk prices? I have never used the Jagmann brass and just wondering if is worth buying a little to test out? Or is there a way to buy it in bulk like Starline? I was just looking at Cabela's online...