follow up post
as i recieved many responses to my question i decided to buy a 100 round batch of each of the following brands of brass, norma, lapua, federal, hornady, nosler, and remington. i first checked them all for wieght, then dents that would require a fire forming shot to uniform the cases. then i checked neck wall thickness, primer pocket uniformity, and for burres in the flash hole. i then fl sized them and checked neck wall thickness again to be sure. after all that i will say hands down that lapua is the best. it was the most consistant in weight, with only 3 cases being out of my +/- .5 gr field (they were +/- .08gr). all the primer pockets where the exact same dimention and reqirud no uniforming, the flash holes where deburred at the factory, and the necks only needed about .0005" tunrnings to be consistant. and at that cutting depth 96 of 100 shined up all the way around the neck. the list of who makes the best brass in order of the above listed specs is:
lapua (hands down the best with very little prep time)
nosler (close to lapua, needed more neck turning and wieght was +/- 1.3 gr)
norma (weight was +/- 1gr but had flash hole burres and dented cases)
hornady (like buying bulk brass but the weight was +/- 1.8gr but no dents)
federal (weight was +/- 2.6gr, cases dented and needed ALL prep work)
remington (weight +/- 5.6gr case very dented needed ALL prep work)
on a scale of 1 to 10 i would rate them:
lapua: 10
nosler: 9
norma: 7
hornady: 5
federal: 4
remington: 2
so there is my info for all you debaters out there. i will now take 10 case from each lot, load them with my favorite load, and fire them until they start to fail. i will aniel five from each lot when i feel they need it and keep five to factory specs. i will post back when i have the results of those tests.