Would I be better with lclr or hornady?

[Cali_Ed]

im able to get either brass, I'm wondering which I would be better off with. The hornady I can get .20 and the lc lr for .25 (comes ss tumbled).

Which one should I get bulk of. I'm looking for brass I can just start cranking out ammo to store. I'm assuming you guy will say the cheaper one?

[bubbasks]

Ive had good results with the hornady but its quite soft

[Cali_Ed]

How many loads has the hornady lasted?

[bubbasks]

I had some hot loads that warped the primer pocket first load. They werent even THAT hot. Toned em down and i have 3 cycles on em but i put em away and have been using a same lot of federal brass from some fgmm.

[survivalshop]

 LC

[Cali_Ed]

Lc has less capcity right?

[98Z5V]

Water test the cases.  It should be slightly less.

[survivalshop]

  Less capacity ( marginal ), but stronger made case with more material at the web & base of the case . With moderate loading the cases will last longer . Annealing even makes them last even longer , as long as the primer pocket retains its retention spec's.

  I just went through my old 5.56 brass , not sure how many reloadings , but after checking primer pocket retention , I tossed about 1/3 of them & another 15 % because of splits in the case neck . ( before I annealed cases ) This is with almost five hundred cases.

[Cali_Ed]

So either one will be good

[Cali_Ed]

Just need a little enabling

Lc lr unprocessed 15cents lot 04 05

lc lr cleaned 25 cents

hornady 20 cents

[Cali_Ed]

Won't let me edit so update on the hornady I can get it for 15 cents