I'm fond of pmc Norma and rp. My pmc is converted to 6x45, the Norma and rp along with Hornaday are reserved for precision bolt. Lc is bulk cases for plinking and preping.Just casual shooting but with the cost of components nowadays why not minimize variables?
The Crack heads know what you know because sometimes the range is stripped bare including 22lr.Keep them all! Load the crappy ones for others to shoot OR what with the price of metal sell the brass at the recyclers !
Once was at a range that did not recycle 38 spl. brass. Just left it in the ground or in the corner in buckets. Asked what they were going to do with it , they said " Did not know " told them I would take it off their hands, they said okay but wanted the bucket back. I said not problem. Walked out of the recycling place with right at $1000.00. Not a typo one thousand!
I pick up everything….The Crack heads know what you know because sometimes the range is stripped bare including 22lr.
I take more than I bring, and pick up trash. The range masters let us shoot water bottles when others can't because we clean the range while using it..... most feel like it's a free service and trash the range, breaks my heart. That's how and why public places are shut down.I pick up everything….
It’s called cleaning up after yourself…..
Given the cost of components, sell or gift the stuff you don't like to someone else.Just casual shooting but with the cost of components nowadays why not minimize variables?
Just casual shooting but with the cost of components nowadays why not minimize variables?
The nice thing with crimped primers is more certainty it is once-fired.I too have unlimited access to all the brass I want. So I am selective and only pick up Norma and PMC for 223. Not going to waste my time removing primer crimps..
That is a fact. Though in my case I work on the range and get to watch it be shot. Those that do not reload mostly gladly leave it for me.The nice thing with crimped primers is more certainty it is once-fired.
Whether you realize it or not you are minimizing variables. As a reloader you know that you may have 3 rifles of the same caliber but not all 3 will shoot the same load the same. I have 5 gallon buckets of range brass and whenever I have time I like to sit down on the patio with a cold one and just separate the brass. The buckets are labeled with the manufacturers name . For casual shooting and hunting it is all good. For precision shooting I weigh the brass and do not mix the brass. You keep the cost of reloading brass by not choosing only on manufacturer's type of brass.Just casual shooting but with the cost of components nowadays why not minimize variables?
I had about 400pcs of once fired Hornady 223 brass that I was going to use for shooting in a target league. Had 100pcs that after the 3rd firing I threw away all 400pcs. as the third load my groups fell apart. Went back to my Norma brass and all was normal again. But that is just my first hand experience.Is Hornady brass soft? I have read a few replies in other posts that it's really soft.