Home Forums Reloading Big Game Rifles New Brass...do you re-size it?

Brand new rifle brass...do you guys re-size it before you load it or just load it as it comes from the factory bag?

I resize it first.

I run new brass through the same steps as fired, except for the stainless media tumbling.

What I do to it depends on the state it's in.

Nope, i don’t

I do.. Especially the damn WW brass I have. Everything about it has been off. At the least it has to be run thru the die to get the neck right.

Neck size and chamfer.

I always resize.. but I mainly purchase once fired brass when I need it...

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New beass gets fireformed.

I will usually run new brass just far enough in the die to put the expanding ball thru the neck, then always chamfer the inside and outside of the neck. I once had some new Nosler 7-08 brass that had to be completely resized before it could be used. Regardless of brand, I always inspect new brass, and will even try it in the gun before I do anything with it.

This.

Same here

Only if the necks are ding’d up..

Last batch of new brass I bought for a commonly available cartridge had so many necks bent I just sized them all and chamfered. As I try not to buy rifles in cartridges that can be bought, cases are usually formed or turned to some extent so they see a lot of work before they're ever loaded.

I usually buy Rem or WW bulk brass and it is beat up a fair amount especially with bent necks. Running them through a Lee collet die straightens everything out then trimming and chamfering. After first fire they need to be checked for length again. However, if I get lazy (usually) I've been known to forego any prep and just load them and do all the trim and chamfer after first firing. Depends on what they look like out of the bag....

Depends on the condition which normally translates into the brand. Remy and Winchester, usually always. Lapua very seldom. First I always take a small sample and make sure the bolt or action closes on it first. It if does that and the necks are reasonably round and sized to hold the bullet well I see no reason.

Heck no...uniform the neck and go.

If you had a "close" chamber you'd have had fun chambering some new Starline 308s I loaded recently.

Well then I would break out my redding body die! I had the same thing happen with some privi brass in my 308.

I had trued up the necks and loaded. When I got to the range I found some of them tight chambering in the rifle. If I had one of my other 308's out that day I'd have been in trouble. It's very close to minimum headspace.