Prefered Brass For 45ACP

I like Blazer factory ammo so I can have more of the small primer brass.
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Or any other manufacturer that uses small pistol primers. Certain large pistol primers are hard to come by like Federal
 
.45 brass

Like others have said, 45acp seems to digest just about anything.

Personally, I use Federal brass with large primer pockets.

Good luck and enjoy.
 
Since you asked:
I'm kind'a partial to Hornady/ Frontier & Federal as my choice in store bought ammo and too their new and first fire (not only pistol >all calibers brass.) My experiences. I've found all -3- brass excellent candidates for home reloading.
 
Primer sizes aside like mentioned free is the best.

I prefer large primers myself, but it isn't a big deal for me as I have plenty of other revolvers which use them as well so I always have plenty on hand.

I only load three calibers with small primers and the most of those are or have been lately 9mm. I usually do not keep these in quantity so I pickup what I need when I need it and I'm not going to be switching the primer system up on my press simply to load SP 45's.

So as long as it doesn't have a crimp that you might miss pick one type and run with it.
 
Range brass for me...

I actually like that there are 2 different sizes of primers. Lets me try different loads, and keep track of them.
 
I was just wondering what might be a concensus on preferable brass for reloading .
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Whatever I've managed to scavenge. .45ACP is pretty forgiving.

Some, as many have noted, takes a small primer instead of large. Works fine, just has to be run through separately.

S&B seems to have tight primer pockets.

Blazer Aluminum, steel case imported stuff, and an oddball I see sometimes with a metric cartridge designation, all are Berdan primed, and discarded.
 
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