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Remington brass: loaded ammo better than bagged?
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<blockquote data-quote="lever-hed" data-source="post: 299855" data-attributes="member: 11667"><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">I have not used Remington virgin brass, however, I have reloaded a lot of what I call 'factory-fired' Rem brass, and will comment: In comparison to other brass such as Federal, Winchester, Hornady, I would say Rem comes in toward the top, only because the primer pockets seem to give me the least trouble, they usually stay in good shape allowing for good resistance when re priming. Its all relative, because some use very hot loads (I don't) and that tends to open up the pockets and ruin the brass, and different primers are of different hardness seat differently and methods in preping brass vary.. So, in the big picture you will have a number of different opinions with varying conditions. .. I tend to prefer Winchester brass, Hornady is very OK, and Federal bites, since I've reloaded many 'factory-fired' Fed brass the pockets open up and don't take re priming very well, In a batch of 40 one time I've thrown out almost half due to this.. Winchester brass appears for me to be easy to work with and the pockets and flasholes are consistent as you can get,, I have no real issues with any of the necks ( I don't weigh or check capacities of brass, so this is not a factor for me)… I will comment that I've heard virgin Rem brass is very good and I would consider purchasing some (if I happen to see a bag available somewheres). . But for now WW is good, I also will comment that the last bag of WW brass bought had 2 necks that were crimped or cut thru, so I wiffed on that purchase. If you get a bag of virgin Rem brass, I suggest a good inspection of the necks and use a lee neck sizer die to form the necks, then FL size them it will help your dies . Also I separate the virgin from factory-fired brass even among the same brand, and even separate 1x reloaded from 2x reloaded brass (keeps tracking of any problems to a minimum, and keeps things at a constant).. keep reusing Rem if it keeps you happy, if not, switch .. Hope this wasn't too long of a response maybe you could take a couple days to read it..<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> have fun.</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lever-hed, post: 299855, member: 11667"] [FONT=Arial][FONT=Arial]I have not used Remington virgin brass, however, I have reloaded a lot of what I call ‘factory-fired’ Rem brass, and will comment: In comparison to other brass such as Federal, Winchester, Hornady, I would say Rem comes in toward the top, only because the primer pockets seem to give me the least trouble, they usually stay in good shape allowing for good resistance when re priming. Its all relative, because some use very hot loads (I don’t) and that tends to open up the pockets and ruin the brass, and different primers are of different hardness seat differently and methods in preping brass vary.. So, in the big picture you will have a number of different opinions with varying conditions. .. I tend to prefer Winchester brass, Hornady is very OK, and Federal bites, since I’ve reloaded many ‘factory-fired’ Fed brass the pockets open up and don’t take re priming very well, In a batch of 40 one time I’ve thrown out almost half due to this.. Winchester brass appears for me to be easy to work with and the pockets and flasholes are consistent as you can get,, I have no real issues with any of the necks ( I don’t weigh or check capacities of brass, so this is not a factor for me)… I will comment that I’ve heard virgin Rem brass is very good and I would consider purchasing some (if I happen to see a bag available somewheres). . But for now WW is good, I also will comment that the last bag of WW brass bought had 2 necks that were crimped or cut thru, so I wiffed on that purchase. If you get a bag of virgin Rem brass, I suggest a good inspection of the necks and use a lee neck sizer die to form the necks, then FL size them it will help your dies . Also I separate the virgin from factory-fired brass even among the same brand, and even separate 1x reloaded from 2x reloaded brass (keeps tracking of any problems to a minimum, and keeps things at a constant).. keep reusing Rem if it keeps you happy, if not, switch .. Hope this wasn’t too long of a response maybe you could take a couple days to read it..:) have fun.[/FONT][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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