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TL/DR: My question....should I dump all this brass and start over with known 1x or fresh case? Or is keeping track of firings not truly necessary so long as the case prep process is good?
I've always been a casual reloader, meaning I don't dive into the minutia of it all. I work up a load that gets me where I want to be and then just crank them out. If I'm +/- 2/10th of a grain, I figure close enough and roll on. If the case fits a Wilson gauge near enough, I roll on. I've never thought about neck tension, annealing, weighing cases...etc. all of that stuff that the pros do to eek out max accuracy.
I want to get serious about precision accuracy. And that seems to start with the brass. I currently have a couple hundred empty cases that I just throw in a bucket at the end of a range session. Sorted by caliber, but not by rifle they came from. When it's time to load, I grab a handful and get to work. I have no idea if the case I'm loading is 1x or 5x fired. I DO inspect for damage, splits, etc., but that's it.
My question....should I dump all this brass and start over with known 1x or fresh cases? Or is keeping track of firings not truly necessary so long as the case prep process is good?
I've always been a casual reloader, meaning I don't dive into the minutia of it all. I work up a load that gets me where I want to be and then just crank them out. If I'm +/- 2/10th of a grain, I figure close enough and roll on. If the case fits a Wilson gauge near enough, I roll on. I've never thought about neck tension, annealing, weighing cases...etc. all of that stuff that the pros do to eek out max accuracy.
I want to get serious about precision accuracy. And that seems to start with the brass. I currently have a couple hundred empty cases that I just throw in a bucket at the end of a range session. Sorted by caliber, but not by rifle they came from. When it's time to load, I grab a handful and get to work. I have no idea if the case I'm loading is 1x or 5x fired. I DO inspect for damage, splits, etc., but that's it.
My question....should I dump all this brass and start over with known 1x or fresh cases? Or is keeping track of firings not truly necessary so long as the case prep process is good?