Get the Lupua, then you'll never wonder if you should have bought the Lapua.
I would need your kind of income to afford the 'pua
$1-$1.50/ea seems like a lot of dough for brass..... until you're still shooting it 10 years later. Lapua brass is tough schitt.... the only way you typically lose one.... is by losing it.
I haven't shot much of it, but the Lapua brass I do have my little fingers on, was given to me by a forum member, who said he couldn't remember if he shot it 30 or 40 times...
it was 308, which I necked down to 7/08... of which I have shot another 30 times....anneal it every forth time.... but it just keeps on truckin....
the way things are hard to get, lasting is a good selling feature...
I have tons of Remington 06 brass, but it doesn't have the life span of Lapua.. or even the Winchester 06 brass I have a fair amount of...
most of the Remington is once fired factory stuff before it came my way to reload...
Hornady brass... I'm not overly impressed with, regardless of caliber...