SWThomas Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 I've been reloading lately with fire-formed Black Hills and Nosler 308WIN brass. I recently ordered some Lapua 308 brass and would like to know how to handle it when I get it. Should I just load it up with some bullets without resizing it and shoot them to fire-form them? Or should I measure a fire-formed case and duplicate its measurements on the Lapua brass during sizing? I just want to make sure I don't shorten the life of this expensive brass by accident. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnifex Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 I've had no problem running new lapua staight out of the box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWThomas Posted December 11, 2013 Author Share Posted December 11, 2013 I've had no problem running new lapua staight out of the box. Sweet! Then it will be fire-formed and I can bump the shoulders back 0.003 and be good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dauntedfuture Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 Neck or fl size and possible chamfer. Then load. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtychemist Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 do experiments with them in batches of 5. 5 loaded right out of the box, 5 neckturned, 5 resized and neck turned etc. and see what your results are after and report back. I've seen this questions a lot recently and I'd like to see some evidence of what people suggest as far as "how to handle new brass" because everyone has suggestions but I've never seen anyone support their answers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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