Reloading once fired brass

[Steve300xcw]

I'd not be afraid of once fired brass. Have ran a lot of it over the years. Though, these days. Starting out with fresh brass makes a bit more sense to me than it used to

the big issue is whether the chamber they were fired in is on the upper end of tolerance for diameter, and yours is on the lower end from something like a worn reamer. Sometimes the standard sizing dies won't size the body down far enough, and the brass is either tight or won't chamber,

Had a savage 99 243 thats like that. That brass, is for that gun only

 

[Ganderzone]

Been covered. Size it, shoot it, repeat. If it's a premium brass like Lapua fired once and it's cheap I see no issue especially if it was factory loaded. If it was hand loaded you never know how hard they ran it on the initial firing. Lastly, free brass is free brass.

 

[NRA4LIFE]

I think you should be OK when sized. Brass is like beer, free is always the best, no matter what brand.