Stirring the "brass" pot.

[HKMark23]

"YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR,, I GET IT",,but;

Recently got Mystic to send me some nice cheap Previ brass for my new 300 WM and quality issues got me to thinking.

Where is the logic in spending 00's or even 000's of dollars on precision reloading stuff for the purpose of, sorting, trimming, uniforming, weighing, neck turning ,,, etc.,, presumably flawed brass, in order to cull and uniform it, and then paying an extra $2.00 each for brands that presumably don't require any of this ?

Premium brass would, I expect, outlast bargain brass by a large margin, but 4-5 X ?? Annealing works no ?

Similarly, if you have to cull, uniform a pocket or turn a neck anyway, does it really matter how much ?

You can no doubt tell I'm no precision Reloader but I'm dabbling at it with a view to learning. What am I missing so far ?

 

[curtmg]

Whether it's worth it, depends on what you want to get out of it. If a dead moose at 400y is your goal, pretty much anything that you practice shooting with will accomplish that goal. If a .5moa group at 1000y is your goal, then you probably want to spring for the good stuff.

You'll find even with the Lapua stuff, there's guys who do all the uniforming steps, just because they feel better about it. So long as you are accomplishing your own personal goals, that's all that really matters.

I found Mystic's Prvi brass in 7.62x39 to be quite appropriate for my purposes, which was a deer sized group at up to 150y, which for my eyes and irons, was my outer limit. What kind of shooting are you looking to do? Hunting, F-class, just shooting tiny groups at the range, there's so many different disciplines, that you really need to define what you are looking for, before you start, so that you don't waste too much time chasing your own tail on unimportant things.

 

[Rugerman]

Whether it's worth it, depends on what you want to get out of it. If a dead moose at 400y is your goal, pretty much anything that you practice shooting with will accomplish that goal. If a .5moa group at 1000y is your goal, then you probably want to spring for the good stuff.

You'll find even with the Lapua stuff, there's guys who do all the uniforming steps, just because they feel better about it. So long as you are accomplishing your own personal goals, that's all that really matters.

I found Mystic's Prvi brass in 7.62x39 to be quite appropriate for my purposes, which was a deer sized group at up to 150y, which for my eyes and irons, was my outer limit. What kind of shooting are you looking to do? Hunting, F-class, just shooting tiny groups at the range, there's so many different disciplines, that you really need to define what you are looking for, before you start, so that you don't waste too much time chasing your own tail on unimportant things.

Well said. I use the Prvi brass in 7.62 x 39. It is inexpensive but not "cheap" if you know what I mean. I get very similar groups with it compared to WW brass. I also use some Lapua brass in the same calibre for my AR build and it gives moa 5 shot groups consistently. I would not hesitate to use Prvi brass in my Mini 30 or my AR for general shooting or hunting.
If am shooting at 500 m with one of my .308's I use Hornady Match brass. It is very consistent. If I am doing some general shooting or SR stuff I find WW or FC brass with Hornady FMJ's to work quite well.
Also, you can't assume that just because you bought more expensive brass it will be perfect out of the box. It will most likely be more consistent (it better be) but you still have to check it out carefully. An extreme case in point: Here is a case right out of the box from a lot of Lapua brass. It got past their quality control. I would suggest following Curtmg's advice when choosing your components.

 

[Curly1]

That's probably the best answer I've seen to a "stir the brass pot" question. What you need to do realy depends on what you want to achieve. It's that simple.