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<blockquote data-quote="HSmithTX" data-source="post: 2675128" data-attributes="member: 121677"><p>I have never shot mixed headstamp brass in rifles other than 556 for short range, 100 and in with low middle book loads it has worked fine. I am not a fan of Hornady or Nosler brass, I would send that down the road pronto. I have had really good results with WW, Fed, RP by weight sorting it. +/- 2 grains sort on the brass works well for range ammo and general hunting loads. You can spiff it up if you want uniforming primer pockets and deburr flash holes etc, I haven't seen that it helps but it certainly will not hurt anything. I have also had good results with WW and Fed for match and long range loads by tightening the weight sort up to +/- 1 grain and doing a good prep on the brass. It in a few rifles I use this in it shoots to the capability of the rifle, Lapua and Norma shoots no tighter at any distance. It also lasts a long time at reasonable pressures. I keep the sorted brass separate and labeled, and most of it collects dust because you really don't need a lot of brass to do a lot of shooting and I shoot the first batch selected for several loadings at least. I don't have a lot of ADG brass but what I have has been excellent, primarily 28 Nosler and 300RUM. Lapua brass is the standard everything else is judged by it seems and I don't have a lot but it has been excellent too, mostly 6.5CM, 284 and 308. When I have done exactly what you are doing with bulk once fired brass I have kept WW and Fed for Winchester cartridges, RP and Fed for Remington cartridges. I usually have at least two bullets for each cartridge and I will work up one bullet for one brand of brass and another for the other bullet, get the load done, cases formed to my chambers and load up 50 to maybe 400 depending on what it is.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HSmithTX, post: 2675128, member: 121677"] I have never shot mixed headstamp brass in rifles other than 556 for short range, 100 and in with low middle book loads it has worked fine. I am not a fan of Hornady or Nosler brass, I would send that down the road pronto. I have had really good results with WW, Fed, RP by weight sorting it. +/- 2 grains sort on the brass works well for range ammo and general hunting loads. You can spiff it up if you want uniforming primer pockets and deburr flash holes etc, I haven't seen that it helps but it certainly will not hurt anything. I have also had good results with WW and Fed for match and long range loads by tightening the weight sort up to +/- 1 grain and doing a good prep on the brass. It in a few rifles I use this in it shoots to the capability of the rifle, Lapua and Norma shoots no tighter at any distance. It also lasts a long time at reasonable pressures. I keep the sorted brass separate and labeled, and most of it collects dust because you really don't need a lot of brass to do a lot of shooting and I shoot the first batch selected for several loadings at least. I don't have a lot of ADG brass but what I have has been excellent, primarily 28 Nosler and 300RUM. Lapua brass is the standard everything else is judged by it seems and I don't have a lot but it has been excellent too, mostly 6.5CM, 284 and 308. When I have done exactly what you are doing with bulk once fired brass I have kept WW and Fed for Winchester cartridges, RP and Fed for Remington cartridges. I usually have at least two bullets for each cartridge and I will work up one bullet for one brand of brass and another for the other bullet, get the load done, cases formed to my chambers and load up 50 to maybe 400 depending on what it is. [/QUOTE]
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