Nosler brass Ready to load NOT

[ruger300]

Been using Nosler brass for my 17 Remington as it’s the only brass I’ve been able to locate. Premium brass, chamfer and deburred etc, etc. says right on the box Ready to load. So I did. Well… the other day I’m packing up after a dry set and I’m unloading the rifle and I see my chambered round bullet is pushed wayyyy into the neck. When I get home I fix the COL on the round and start checking things out. On all my new brass I can insert a bullet and start to seat it by hand! Needless to say they all went through the sizing die last night to get the correct neck tension. Won’t be making that mistake again.

 

[hm1996]

I always run all new brass through sizing die (usually w/a washer under sizing die so as not to have to lube the cases) in order to true up necks, but that's "bagged" brass. One would expect more from boxed brass.

 

[Dultimatpredator]

ALL my new brass get FL sized regardless of brand or what it says on the package.

 

[Hidalgo]

I always check new brass. Saves a lot of time later on.

 

[arlaunch]

Its a bit sad that you paid the extra money for a product that is supposed to be 100% ready to load, and it was not.

S$!*() does happen, but i think the manager at Nosler would be interested in hearing this story over phone. This is not what they want.

Somebody is not doing their job. I bet the lot number could point out who that is?

 

[Hidalgo]

Well, if they are operating like most companies recently they will field the call and that will be the end of it. Today's companies as a whole ignore things until they start to effect the bottom line.

 

[ruger300]

I’m not going through the bother of following this up with nosler. Like the previous posts mentioned, ALWAYS run new brass through the dies. Piece of mind, don’t leave all your work at the reloading bench up to chance.

 

[spotstalkshoot]

Just don't move the shoulders, New brass usually has to much headspace to start with. One of the few instances where I will run an expander. If the brass has more than 0.005 headspace(not unusual), I set the die higher so the expander pulls the shoulders forward slightly during extraction. If headspace is under 0.006 I neck size/mandrel for correct neck tension.