Lapua brass?

[aheppner]

Do i need to FL resize my .223 Lapua brass before i load it, or is it sized at the factory

can i neck size only the first time or is that also unnecessary?

 

[Fire306]

Load it up and shoot it.

 

[OldDude]

If some case necks get dinged out of round in the packaging, it would be worth sizing those...

 

[stubblejumper]

I neck size all brass to make sure that the necks are round. I also chamfer ever case before loading.

 

[aheppner]

thanks for the info guys, i think ill run all of them through the neck sizer because a few case mouths were a little deformed.

heres a second for ya, is all the load development iv done this far with rem brass wasted

can i just start with the loads i already have?

i was using 24 gr IMR 4320 with 69gr SMKs br4 primers and 25.4 gr varget with 80 gr A-Maxs br4 primers?

niether is a max book load but the varget load is a little hotter then then 4320 load for sure

 

[bjmurata]

thanks for the info guys, i think ill run all of them through the neck sizer because a few case mouths were a little deformed.

heres a second for ya, is all the load development iv done this far with rem brass wasted

can i just start with the loads i already have?

i was using 24 gr IMR 4320 with 69gr SMKs br4 primers and 25.4 gr varget with 80 gr A-Maxs br4 primers?

niether is a max book load but the varget load is a little hotter then then 4320 load for sure

Prudence in reloading usually pays off.If it was me doing the reloading I would back off on the load a bit because of the change in one or more of the components,just to be on the safe side.Just my two cents worth.

 

[3macs1]

I neck size all brass to make sure that the necks are round. I also chamfer ever case before loading.

Agree. I only have maybe a couple of hundred but did the same when I got them new.

 

[peterdobson]

Correct in possibly doing necks only if dented, definitely not FL.

Regards,

Peter