Hornady Match Cases in .308

hartcreek · July 2, 2014, 02:53 AM

I just bought a bunch of range brass in .308. Some of it is Hornady Match Grade. The Hornady Match Grade .308 cases have a small crimp holding in the primer. One twist with a champher tool is all it takes to remove the crimp

mnoirot64 · July 2, 2014, 08:50 PM

I bought some new 308 Hornady Match Grade brass. It's very well made. The only complaint I have is that the primer pockets were incredibly tight. I ended up having to clean them all up in order to get the primers to seat.

kerreckt · July 3, 2014, 01:56 PM

I just got done priming 1k of the .308 Hornady Match brass. I use a press mounted RCBS APS tool and had no problems.

5R milspec · July 9, 2014, 08:34 PM

Be careful with range brass even the good Hornady stuff. What I have found is a big difference in the thickness of the necks. Now this want hurt a group at 100 even 200 maybe, but when you get past 300 even farther it gets bad. You might need to trim the necks if you want all you can from the brass and loads.

reynolds357 · July 11, 2014, 10:49 PM

If it is free, I would take it. For the price difference in Hornaday vs Norma/Lapua, there is really no comparison. The latter are vastly superior to Hornaday. Hornaday is not enough cheaper to justify me buying them. The only time I buy brass other than Norma/Lapua is if one of them do not make it and leave me no alternative. I bought 500 pieces of 6.5 Creedmoor brass from Hornaday. In my opinion, it is about as junky as the typical bags of Remington and Winchester brass. I definitely think Hornaday is being generous in calling it "match" brass. Possibly "match" after I turn the necks uniform the flash holes and primer pockets and anneal them a lot more than what Hornaday did or possibly did not do.

July 2, 2014, 02:53 AM	#1
hartcreek Junior member Join Date: April 22, 2014 Location: Washington Posts: 1,549	Hornady Match Cases in .308 I just bought a bunch of range brass in .308. Some of it is Hornady Match Grade. The Hornady Match Grade .308 cases have a small crimp holding in the primer. One twist with a champher tool is all it takes to remove the crimp

July 9, 2014, 08:34 PM	#4
5R milspec Senior Member Join Date: December 11, 2009 Location: South Carolina Posts: 360	Be careful with range brass even the good Hornady stuff. What I have found is a big difference in the thickness of the necks. Now this want hurt a group at 100 even 200 maybe, but when you get past 300 even farther it gets bad. You might need to trim the necks if you want all you can from the brass and loads. __________________ life is great but its better when you can own as many guns you wish to own.for me I haven't bought enough yet.

July 2, 2014, 08:50 PM	#2
mnoirot64 Senior Member Join Date: September 9, 2013 Location: Clarksville, Tennessee Posts: 365	I bought some new 308 Hornady Match Grade brass. It's very well made. The only complaint I have is that the primer pockets were incredibly tight. I ended up having to clean them all up in order to get the primers to seat.

July 3, 2014, 01:56 PM	#3
kerreckt Senior Member Join Date: May 18, 2011 Location: SE VA. Posts: 216	I just got done priming 1k of the .308 Hornady Match brass. I use a press mounted RCBS APS tool and had no problems.

July 11, 2014, 10:49 PM	#5
reynolds357 Senior Member Join Date: December 10, 2012 Posts: 6,165	If it is free, I would take it. For the price difference in Hornaday vs Norma/Lapua, there is really no comparison. The latter are vastly superior to Hornaday. Hornaday is not enough cheaper to justify me buying them. The only time I buy brass other than Norma/Lapua is if one of them do not make it and leave me no alternative. I bought 500 pieces of 6.5 Creedmoor brass from Hornaday. In my opinion, it is about as junky as the typical bags of Remington and Winchester brass. I definitely think Hornaday is being generous in calling it "match" brass. Possibly "match" after I turn the necks uniform the flash holes and primer pockets and anneal them a lot more than what Hornaday did or possibly did not do.