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I acquired a 1 gallon can of fired brass, with almost every headstamp imaginable. How important is it to use the same brand of brass? I just plink at paper at the range.
For pistol, mixed head stamp is fine. I never sort by head stamp.
For rifle, I sort by weight to separate heavier military cases from lighter commercial cases. For precision load development, I not only use same head stamp cases with similar weights for same internal case volume, but also same year of manufacture as most military cases have dates on them.
Not to important ,unless you want to put all your shots in the 10 ring. . Some Rem may let the bullet fall into the case. There might be some small primer pockets brass. Belling and taper crimping can be a challenge
if brass length has a lot of variation.
For the most part, I shoot mixed headstamp 45 ACP brass. There are some headstamps that are difficult to reload for various reasons. AMERC comes to mind, at least for my equipment.
When I find troublesome brass, if the quantity is not too great, I usually cull it and scrap it.
I have enough .45 brass to separate by headstamp, but I don't. My loads can outshoot me by a lot most days. I suppose the 50 Bullseye shooters segregate brass.
For blasting ammo, I don't sort by headstamp. For social work ammo, I use Winchester brass. I cull the A-Merc brass and crimp them with pliers and toss them in the scrap bucket.
Although I load on an LNL, I size prior to loading so I have a good feel for what is going on. Only expanding, seating, and crimping going on. No heavy sizing to get in the way. Not as good as a single stage for feel, but pretty good. Odd things going on are felt.
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