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Posted: 10/13/2017 3:48:12 PM EDT
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I would....had to with some Norma brass
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Posted: 10/13/2017 4:52:09 PM EDT
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Yes, it's the answer you seek, grasshopper.
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Posted: 10/13/2017 4:52:52 PM EDT
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At the very least I'd be getting the calipers out and check.
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Posted: 10/13/2017 6:38:20 PM EDT
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No load em up with some cheap bullets and form fit the brass to your chamber. Then get some good powder and bullets and load them up. If you want to you can measure your chamber and find and set the jump to the lands and work up a good load.
If you can suffer through this youtube video you will learn something good that will help you group better.  Hornady Overall Length Gauge and Bullet Comparator |
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Posted: 10/13/2017 7:30:32 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
At the very least I'd be getting the calipers out and check. Cases are in spec and fit case gage & rifle. I am not new to reloading, but everything I've reloaded so far in 30.06 & .223 has all been once fired brass. |
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Posted: 10/13/2017 10:40:19 PM EDT
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My thinking is "it's new brass" not ready to load brass.
I always size, trim and debur new cases or cases new to me. I have had poor neck tension with new brass before, and I haven't forgot that lesson. Attempting to seat bullets and find out that you could push the bullet into the case with your fingers. So you get to dump the powder, size and deprime to fix the neck tension. Wipe off lube, re-drop the powder...ect. All rework. 
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Posted: 10/14/2017 5:36:10 AM EDT
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I resized it.
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Posted: 10/14/2017 8:26:51 AM EDT
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It's good that you resized it.
The fact is it can't hurt. If it doesn't need it, which most probably didn't, it will simply go into and out of the die with little resistance and little to no change. The biggest problem with new brass is dented necks. Even new boxed brass. Running them through your sizing die makes sure everything is as it should be. Motor |
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Posted: 10/14/2017 9:27:41 AM EDT
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That brass is ready to load right out of the box.
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Posted: 10/14/2017 9:58:26 AM EDT
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Sometimes a dented case neck needs ironing out with a pass through a size die, but I load new brass as is. I can recall no problems with this method.
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Posted: 10/15/2017 12:46:05 PM EDT
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New brass?
What's that? 
Kidding aside, I generally load as is unless a case neck is dented. If it is, I run the expander ball through the neck |
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Posted: 10/15/2017 3:13:56 PM EDT
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I bought some .300 Winchester brass from SPS, blemished I think. I neck sized it to take out any dings.
It's got to be hands down the best brass I've ever used. If it fits in the chamber, leave it alone. |
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Posted: 10/15/2017 3:28:03 PM EDT
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I size all new brass
It can not hurt it Does not take a lot of time Besides it's the correct way to do it |
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Posted: 10/18/2017 11:33:43 AM EDT
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It actually took more time to lube the cases than it did to resize them.
Had a chance to shoot a few of them this morning and was very impressed with results. 4 shots at a 100 yards all in a 1 1/4 inch group. Was dealing with a 20mph cross wind and a less than perfect rest. Load was a 180gn partition over 54.5 gns of IMR 4350. C.O.L was 3.31 I have loaded this bullet before using mis-matched brass and best group I could get was 2 1/2 inches. Quality new brass isn't cheap, but I like the results. |
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