Sizing new brass

[Iron Worker]

I've been sharply rebuked for not sizing my new brass. Who thinks I deserve it? I'm loading W-W 223 to be fired out of a AR-15.

 

[boomtube]

[quote I've been sharply rebuked for not sizing my new brass. [/quote]

Rebuked? That's pretty strong. After all, it's YOUR business if you size new brass or not. Avoiding it saves a little time and it presents no hazard. It's your choice if you load bullets normally or seat them backwards and call them "boat-tail wad cutters"! Some of our web "experts" over-do their prissy pontificiating!


That said, I size new bulk brass before I load it. Those cases come off several machines at a high rate of production so it's not truly consistant. FL sizing makes it more so and rounds/establishes the case mouths too. Sizing is cheap, we already have the tools and it doen't take long. Why not do it?

 

[longrange.270]

^ Same here. Doesn't take too long. Everyones doing it!!

 

[kraky2]

To each his own but I wouldn't be wasting my time fl sizing new brass for an ar15.

 

[coyotelatrans]

I have the opposite opinion I don't size new brass for a bolt rifle but if I owned an AR style I would for reliable feeding, unless your using some high end brass to begin with.

 

[kraky2]

I could be lucky but I've never had a jam with virgin unsized brass in my AR or any of my 3 browning BAR autoloaders. My day is probably coming but so far so good.

 

[Willys46]

New brass I only rin them over a expander ball to make the necks round. Some of the cases that i get in bulk have squar necks making seating bullets tough. Other than that..shot to fire form to your chamber.

Willys

 

[Mark S in NM]

New brass I only rin them over a expander ball to make the necks round. Some of the cases that i get in bulk have squar necks making seating bullets tough. Other than that..shot to fire form to your chamber.

Willys

What Willys said.