Does new brass have to come ready to reload?

[6ShotsOr5?]

Peterson brass comes the closest Ive seen to be ready to load. The brass is finished and loaded into a cartridge box with each case in its own compartment. No neck dings, no irregular neck mouth.Pricey but good for competition brass. It may not be "ready" if you have turned necks or other individual needs. Close to be as god as Lapua was, and not subject to bulk shipping damage.

My experience has been the same, Peterson has been good to go for me, no flash hole burrs, no dinged necks, uniform neck tension.

 

[K22]

Please educate me, what does a cold lap look like ?
TIA

It kind of looks like a "fold". All the ones I've encountered were in the shoulder area that transitions to the neck. Not sure the term is technically correct. The term was given to me by another shooter who is a metallurgical engineer. He told me that it is caused during forming the case with inadequate temperatures. Whatever term or cause, the defects are quite obvious when you see them rendering the case unusable.

Sorry I do not have the ability to post pictures besides I tossed the ones I've encountered because they are not reloadable. Just this summer I processed a new bag of Winchester cases, 223 Rem, and 5 out of 100 contained these defects. Two others had neck splits, through wall. That's a 7% defect rate.

 

[Drop Port]

I think the point of my thread may be lost a little. I agree with those above, new brass is never ready out of the box. My question is why does the neck have to be sized to a ready to be reloaded size. Why not .001 inch above bullet size?

Don't be blinded by the .001" above bullet diameter. I use barrel break in to gain as much data as possible. My heavy 6.5x47L shot its first group in the high 1's with factory neck tension just light expander ball to keep them round. With light neck tension it shoots low 3's, needless to say my fully prepped brass has neck tension similar to factory Lapua Brass.

My 6br likes light, at least that's what it tells me

 

[Snuggie]

I’ve gotten boxes of Lapua that had dings in the necks. I always mandrel right out of the box and proceed to the next steps. This is probably, I guess, to how they are shipped loose. I never assume that new brass is concentric.

 

[Artisan]

I love Nosler brass; very well packaged and so far I haven't noticed any dented case necks.

Peterson, goes one step further, they send their cases in a protective plastic case, preventing any damage in transit. I think Alpha may do the same, not sure.
Prepped Nosler cases (50/Box) are hard to beat.
With all the different barrels and bullets on the market, it's easier for case manufacturers, to give you something generic and let you fine-tune it.

 

[antelopedundee]

Peterson, goes one step further, they send their cases in a protective plastic case, preventing any damage in transit. I think Alpha may do the same, not sure.
Prepped Nosler cases (50/Box) are hard to beat.
With all the different barrels and bullets on the market, it's easier for case manufacturers, to give you something generic and let you fine-tune it.

The last Norma brass I bought came in a box with dividers. All cases were separated.