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For the reloaders here - Hornady brass sucks.
Posted on 8/19/26 at 12:22 pm
Posted on 8/19/26 at 12:22 pm
I've built a new rifle in 22 arc. The parent case is the 6.5 grendel which I have as well and have a decent amount of grendel brass.
Y-day I got my dies and wanted to get them set up and ready to make some bullets so I grabbed some of the grendel brass that I had and decided to neck them down to .22.
Had some federal and hornady brass that I tried.
The Federal did just fine. No issues at all. The hornady brass all collapsed at the shoulder. I've even had issue reloading hornady brass with 6.5 grendel. Hornady is just too soft.
Y-day I got my dies and wanted to get them set up and ready to make some bullets so I grabbed some of the grendel brass that I had and decided to neck them down to .22.
Had some federal and hornady brass that I tried.
The Federal did just fine. No issues at all. The hornady brass all collapsed at the shoulder. I've even had issue reloading hornady brass with 6.5 grendel. Hornady is just too soft.
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Posted on 8/19/26 at 1:36 pm to bbvdd
Run it through a grendel die first. Hornady brass is a little thicker and its causing the crushing. Setting the shoulders back with the grendel die first should fix it.
Posted on 8/19/26 at 7:23 pm to bbvdd
Lapua … that’s the only brass I use. I used / reloaded a single piece of Lapua brass 40x’s on my 17 Little Nasty. The primer pockets were still tight and brass shoes no signs of fatigue. I was loading Vitavhouri N133 and pushing a 25 gr Berger over 4,000 fps. Buy once cry once.
Posted on 8/19/26 at 7:42 pm to Got Blaze
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Lapua
If I were using this in a bolt action I would definitely be using Lapua. Since it's in my AR, good chance I loose some so, starline it is.
I do have lapua for my 6.5 creedmoor.
Posted on 8/19/26 at 9:16 pm to bbvdd
Learned this the hard way myself. After that I ponied up for Peterson. After a few weeks I decided to try some leftover norma whitetail, which is not supposed to be as good as their retail unloaded brass, but even that was significantly better than Hornady. If you’re just reloading hunting stuff, I highly recommend going and getting two boxes of norma whitetail when it goes on clearance somewhere, using it for practice/establishing baseline groups, and then just reloading that.
Posted on 8/20/26 at 12:25 am to Got Blaze
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Lapua … that’s the only brass I use
It's the best.
Hornady brass is the reason I have a 20 Practical (223 Rem necked down to 20 caliber) instead of a 204 Ruger. My son in law has a 204. When I started loading for it, Hornady was the only brass I could find so I bought some. I was NOT impressed. I later made the 20 Practical so I could use Lapua brass and have not been disappointed.
OTOH, there are some situation where I'll settle for non-Lapua brass. When using other brass, Remington and Winchester are my last choice. I've been pleased w/ Starline, Nosler, Dogtown (Midway brand made by Nosler), PPU and Peterson. For me, Hornady is just above Rem/Win, but below everyone else. I bought some Sig brass for my 300 BO but have tried the brass yet.
Posted on 8/20/26 at 5:41 am to bbvdd
I had a bad batch of ammo from them some years back. The American Whitetail rounds, I've never bought Hornady again.
Posted on 8/20/26 at 8:24 am to GREENHEAD22
The Hornaday American whitetail is consistently the lowest priced name-brand rounds, often lower than PPU, when I am buying 25-06
I have never bought it, but always found it odd that it was priced so low considering the Hornaday name
I have never bought it, but always found it odd that it was priced so low considering the Hornaday name
Posted on 8/21/26 at 3:08 am to bbvdd
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Hornady brass sucks.
This is widely known. Use Lapua, ADG or Peterson
I use Peterson.
This post was edited on 8/21/26 at 3:09 am
Posted on 8/21/26 at 10:43 am to bbvdd
I have no experience reloading rifle ammunition and just wanted to drop by and say you guys definitely speak a different language.
I read the whole thread and didn’t understand a single post so far!
I read the whole thread and didn’t understand a single post so far!
Posted on 8/21/26 at 11:03 am to bbvdd
Lapua or Nosler for me...buy once, cry once
I did get a bag of Hornady for my 35 Whelan only because its loaded for minute-of-vitals at 200yds.
I did get a bag of Hornady for my 35 Whelan only because its loaded for minute-of-vitals at 200yds.
Posted on 8/21/26 at 12:47 pm to Spankum
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I have no experience reloading rifle ammunition and just wanted to drop by and say you guys definitely speak a different language.
I read the whole thread and didn’t understand a single post so far!
TLDR version:
Hornady brass sucks.
Lapua brass is the best.
Others like ADG, Peterson and Nosler are pretty good.
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