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I am looking to get started with reloading over the next few months and just had a couple questions:

- What is the importance of good quality brass? I have a bunch of PMC 308 brass that I was planning to reload, is it junk?
- How important is case prep when reloading?
- What is the point of expensive primers? Do they really make much difference for accuracy or reliability?

Thanks!
 
The first question ur going to be asked is why r u reloading I mean is it to get into precision shooting target shooting or hunting .this will help in giving u the right answers .

In my opinion good quality brass ,case prep and high quality primers all play a part in making the perfect round but I'm OCD

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Welcome to the rabbit hole
 
Your brass will be fine. As far as prep, make sure the case has not stretched (OAL). Standered large rifle primers are good. Read the front of most reloading books will make reloading easier and safer. A bit of practice and learning will allow you to change components and tighten groups. Good luck.
 
1) Depends on use. PMC brass is fine, but at the bare minimum requires a lot more prep. Lapua and other expensive brass manufactures are good out of the box. You may get less firings on some brand's brass.
2) Case prep is dependant on brass again. You'll likely need to do quite a bit of case prep on PMC brass before using it for precision/long range. For plinking, it doesn't matter.
3) Up for debate. Many think "match" stands for a secondary level of quality control only. Most say it's the same primer. I've stopped using them due to prices and can still get good accuracy.
 
your brass is just fine, especially if you have never reloaded before.

Case prep is a big deal in my books. I clean, size and deprime, tumble again, clean the primer pockets, normalize the depth of the primer pockets, check and/or ream the primer pockets, measure and trim the cases, chamfer inside and outside the case mouths, inspect them all, clean out and deburr the flash hole, and maybe a final inspection again.

I haven't started sorting them by case make or size yet, but I may in the future.

I haven't had any experience with Bench rest primers, so I cannot comment on those. I will say there is lots of evidence against using Winchester primers of late. I will also say that I have only had one(1) single CCI primer fail to fire and it looked like it just didn't have any goodies in it.

spend the same time on powder weight and bullet seating depth and you should have a fine batch of ammo :)
 
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