Thread: Brass importance?

Originally Posted by R93

As long as it has been prepped the same as all your other brass I doubt you would see any differences on paper. Especially between brass that has a couple more firings. I don't sort it. I have new loads and 5-6 times fired loads mixed in my cartridge box and they seem to perform the same accuracy and ES wise.

I don't mix brands of brass for no other reason than I always tend to buy what goes best thru my rifle and stick with it.
Neck tension and projectile consistency is more important regarding accuracy Imo.




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I'd have to disagree.

If neck tension is important you shouldn't be mixing once fired with 5-6 fired brass as they will have quite different neck tensions.
On my 22-250 Rem, the sixth load has so little neck tension the if you de-chamber a round the bullet stays in the throat. That cartridge us a bit hotter than the 223 but you get the picture. Hard brass mixed in with soft is likely to see you getting random split necks as well. Anneal the brass every five or so (for 223, my loads probably need it every 3) firings to keep consistent neck tension.

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