We have a shooter in our group that is using Fiocchi 40gn V-Max in a Remington 700, which likes the ammo. He doesn’t reload so he passes the brass to two of us that do reload. BTW, the same ammo doesn’t shoot good in our Savage rifles(Model 10 and Model 12).

We have tried various loads with Hornady 40gn V-Max and have been unable to get a satisfactory group in either rifle using the Fiocchi brass. We have used Varget, Benchmark, BLC2, RL10X, and X-Terminator. Loads were with Remington 7 ½ primers.

We have noticed that the brass is heavier and also has less case capacity. We started with the starting recommended loads and increased to almost max. I did encounter flattened primers before I reached a max load with Benchmark and BLC2.

We are just wondering if anyone else has had success in using Fiocchi brass. Maybe it just doesn’t like Savage barrels. We sure hate to throw away free brass.


Thanks