Thread: Should I avoid Hornady brass?

I feel compelled to prove my point but I fear I’m already turning this post into a s$&t show.
My personal experience, I bought 2 boxes of precision hunter for my 7prc, fired them, reloaded them, I get stiff bolt lift on random cases, major primer swipe on other cases, loose primer pockets, and I’m still 2-3 grains under max charge weight. Cost, 240 for 2 boxes(20rounds each for a total of 40 cases)
Enter Adg, load work up until a grain and a half over max load (from the same data source, same powder, same primer) to get my first primer swipe. Bolt lift is smooth as silk still. Price, 265 for 50 cases. To the OP, from my own personal experience, I wouldn’t bother with firing cases to reload them, just buy good quality brass to begin with, especially if you’ll just go ti the range to fire the cases to gain empty cases to reload with.
I know hand loading is incredibly subjective, so I don’t intend to and hope I don’t offend the likes of micky duck and duxbury, I’ve not long been a member here but the 2 gentlemen seem to always have good content to post, so apologies if I hit a nerve fellas