Frontier Ammo-good to reload?

[gifbohane]

I think that the recent Hornady offering of Frontier 223 is different from their Frontier of 10 years ago.(?)

Are the 2019 cartridges constructed well enough to reload in 223? Is anyone having good experiences?

 

[troy fairweather]

just like any other brass

 

[lightman]

I have not had any issues with it.

 

[stillquietvoice]

I haven't reloaded any of it yet. I have some in my brass to be processed.

 

[Patocazador]

I don't have any new Frontier cases but the 20 y.o. ones I have do just fine.

 

[splattergun]

The only Frontier brass I have is a few in 30-06. No issues.

 

[Orcon]

You're gonna need to ream or swage the primer pockets as both the NATO and 223 Rem ammo uses a ring for primer retention. The primers decap easily enough but I mangled a bunch of primers trying to seat them. I hate brass prep but I've got a few thousand in the rough on hand as "just in case" brass.

 

[Bfh_auto]

I bought one box of each bullet weight. The brass was excellent for reloading. The ammo itself was terrible.

 

[FROGO207]

Nothing in 223 but for 30-30 and 38 SPL they work as well as any other standard brand for me.

 

[Azul69]

I have reloaded over 1000 of these. They work great but like Orcon said

You're gonna need to ream or swage the primer pockets as both the NATO and 223 Rem ammo uses a ring for primer retention. The primers decap easily enough but I mangled a bunch of primers trying to seat them.

. It is a pain to do every pocket!