Richo wrote:All I really wanted to know is if the Remington UMC or Federal Tactical ammo use brass worthy of reloading?
looks like an older thread but i was doing some research on Lapua brass tonight so thought i would chuck in my 1.3 cents... minus taxes...
Maybe i'm trying to work out the same question as this thread anyway, is it worth spending the extra on more costly brass?
Anyhoo.. saw your question Richo (above)... I'm far from an experienced re-loader or shooter.. but i thought i'd tell you my experience.
I bought a shed load of fed prem tactical in 308 and have recently reloaded them with some nice nosler projectiles, ar2208 and fed prem primers (Chronus put me onto the mix and further after research and after the first 60 rounds i have decided i am definitely happy with his suggestion
anyway, outcome was great for me. My groups halved from 1moa at 100m to half moa at 100m. i haven't yet put some down range at longer tagrets (thats the next step at the mudgee meetup), but my gut feel is the consistency and gained improvement will stay (when compared to the factory rounds).
but... whilst i am stoked with the difference.. I am still left wondering.. do i go with lapua next time? (as so many recommend).
interesting point though, from research in this forum, it looks like people are getting a lot more reloads out off Lapua, which means cost wise, its probably cheaper in the long run (and hopefully more accurate .
haven't decided on brass upgrade yet... time will tell