Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Ask The Gunwriters Brass prep a waste of time?

I bought some of the early Nosler 223 brass that was supposedly made by Norma. Came boxed just like Norma, weighed about the same and was actually very good brass, but if it was made by Norma they did a very poor job on the flash holes, or changed a procedure.

Early Nosler flash hole



Norma flash hole bought at the same time

I am quite sure the effort I put into fully prepping brass for big game hunting will make no practical difference in the field. I do enjoy the process though and messing around in the loading room keeps me out of most bars some of the time.

Will continue to sort, debur flash holes, uniform primer pockets, neck turn, clean brass, etc in an effort to shoot tiny groups because there are worse ways to spend a rainy day ... assuming of course that it is not hunting season.

No real point to it all except that there is no joy in a job done half-assed.

As to outsourcing production: Many years back with my 45-70 acquisition I went after brass but it was scarce at the time. Purchased several hundred-round bags of bare Win brass and usually found 4 to 5 primed Hornaday cartridges in each. The seller made good, but I did notice the Hornaday cartridges were noticeably shorter than the Win and again they were carrying primers.

I trim my cases, clean the flash holes, and deburr the necks. I don't anneal them, I reload them 10 times then throw them away. Always have, always will.

Theres one thing for certain Al Nyhis has forgot more than you will ever learn, your problem is instead of using the 2 ears that God gave you your always running your big mouth.