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<blockquote data-quote="Deleted member 46119" data-source="post: 1091921"><p>I forgot something. Results from different manufacturers fired factory.</p><p></p><p>I lightly neck turn all my brass. New or fire formed factory. New I use an oversize ball or mandrel. Fire formed, after firing and cleaning, I run just the oversize ball or mandrel in to make sure it's straight. Then turn.</p><p></p><p>Hornady 223: Good brass. A little short when you check the length. </p><p>Federal 308: Good brass. Not quite the same as LC but it is what I use in my "High Power" rifle.</p><p>Hornady 308: Good brass. It's what I use in my Mark V SVM.</p><p>Remington 300WSM: good to very good brass. </p><p>Winchester 300WSM: Solid brass. I went 18 firings before the primer pockets gave up for Fed GMM primers. If I had switched to CCI probably still going.</p><p>Federal 300WSM: Good brass, softer than Winchester</p><p>Federal 243: Good brass, trim off the crimp.</p><p>Remington 300RUM: Box standard Rem brass. It will be long from the crimp.</p><p></p><p>I can go on and on. Basically I seem to get pretty good results from the fired brass. I have had a few that blew out enough on the factory loads that I would not reused them. In general Hornady is "short" being minimum length after firing. Brass from the boxes marked "premium" is usally really good. I don't know if they cherry pick brass for the premium factory loadings but it works for me.</p><p></p><p>I would not bother with PMC if you can get Rem, Fed or Win. PMC is "ok" just kinda my last choice.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deleted member 46119, post: 1091921"] I forgot something. Results from different manufacturers fired factory. I lightly neck turn all my brass. New or fire formed factory. New I use an oversize ball or mandrel. Fire formed, after firing and cleaning, I run just the oversize ball or mandrel in to make sure it's straight. Then turn. Hornady 223: Good brass. A little short when you check the length. Federal 308: Good brass. Not quite the same as LC but it is what I use in my "High Power" rifle. Hornady 308: Good brass. It's what I use in my Mark V SVM. Remington 300WSM: good to very good brass. Winchester 300WSM: Solid brass. I went 18 firings before the primer pockets gave up for Fed GMM primers. If I had switched to CCI probably still going. Federal 300WSM: Good brass, softer than Winchester Federal 243: Good brass, trim off the crimp. Remington 300RUM: Box standard Rem brass. It will be long from the crimp. I can go on and on. Basically I seem to get pretty good results from the fired brass. I have had a few that blew out enough on the factory loads that I would not reused them. In general Hornady is "short" being minimum length after firing. Brass from the boxes marked "premium" is usally really good. I don't know if they cherry pick brass for the premium factory loadings but it works for me. I would not bother with PMC if you can get Rem, Fed or Win. PMC is "ok" just kinda my last choice. [/QUOTE]
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