Thread: Should I avoid Hornady brass?

More important to note perhaps is that the factory box ammo isn’t designed to be reloaded. I’d say the brass hornady for actually reloading (as in a bag of empty virgin cases) is probably of a better standard. However, point being, if you’re hand loading a prc cartrage, wouldn’t you use the very best of everything to get the very best out of the cartridge? Or just shoot factory box as it’s sub Moa anyways

Yea man can’t argue with you there. At $6 a bullet with factory loads I’m hoping I won’t have to rely on that too much if I can get magnum primers.
Although ADG brass is so expensive it will probably cost the same as shooting factory loads anyway

Originally Posted by Jus

More important to note perhaps is that the factory box ammo isn’t designed to be reloaded.

you say what????????

Ive been on Gods green earth for 51 years and for most of my lifetime ALL boxer primed brass cases have been designed to be reloaded...the earliest norma brass had a Re stamped on it but shit thats going back a loooong way. to say modern brass isnt designed to be reloaded seems ludicrous...surely if it was intended for single use only they would go steel case for economy....

Have searched up similar threads before, relating to the 7prc, people in the states have questioned hornady regarding their brass and it’s reloadability, to which hornady states in no uncertain terms it’s factory box ammo isn’t designed to be reloaded. Their reloading brass is however. Don’t what the manufacturing differences would be but that’s what the hornady reps say about factory loaded ammo

Originally Posted by Jus

Have searched up similar threads before, relating to the 7prc, people in the states have questioned hornady regarding their brass and it’s reloadability, to which hornady states in no uncertain terms it’s factory box ammo isn’t designed to be reloaded. Their reloading brass is however. Don’t what the manufacturing differences would be but that’s what the hornady reps say about factory loaded ammo

I'd interpret that very literally. They mean they make the ammo to fire bullets at a certain velocity with a CEP of whatever. What you do with the leftover brass afterwards is none of their concern - the purpose was to provide ammo, and so long as it goes bang then it's fulfilled that function. It doesn't really speak to the quality or consistency of it one way or another. Whereas when you sell brass then it's obviousy to a reloader and suddenly that stuff matters.

The question should be whether the brass you buy bagged comes off the same production line and goes through the same QC as the brass that they load their ammo with.