Thread: 243 "cost effective" brass reloading

Originally Posted by Tussock

Worst brass I ever had was hornady. Mixed lots (once fired factory) with one packet of 20 out of 200 super soft.

Sticky bolt on every 10th case.

Stuck to Lapua ever since.

Good components make an ordinary reloader into a good one. Nothing fancy required.

It seems to vary from lot to lot. I'm seeing more variation in that hunter range vs the superperformance stuff. That's 7mmRM brass im doing for a mate. If you set the annealer for the heavier neck thickness and just run them all through you will see a different colour on any thin ones you have. I would definitely set these aside.
On the plus side, hornady does ream the flash holes for you which is a plus.