Weatherby Brass

[nmkid]

I recently purchased a box (50) of Weatherby brass for an upcoming 257 Weatherby. Feeling a little spunky I decided to check the primer pocket depth on some of the cases. Ten of them ranged from .125 to .130. So, I decided to uniform the pockets. No problem there. After that was done I decided to seat a primer. Goodness! It was almost the most pressure I have ever had to apply to seat a primer. This is actual Weatherby brass from Weatherby. I tried 5 cases altogether and they were all the same to seat a primer...Hard. Of course, I don't expect the primers to just slide in with very little pressure but, this is almost ridiculous. Anyone else have the same problem? Do you think I should just suck it up and they should be OK after the first firing? Oh, the primer do seat just fine.

 

[Dusty Stevens]

Theyre usually made by norma so just shoot em once and you wont even need a priming tool. Seriously though theyll get better just prime away

 

[JMA]

Be careful with load data I recently got some new .257 WYB brass it is 24gr heavier than my 10 year old brass

 

[kcjim]

Some brands of primers are slightly smaller in diameter than others. I have some Nosler .280 brass and Fed 210M’s are hard to seat. I use CCI 200’s with the Nosler because they seat easier.

 

[nmkid]

Thanks, guys. I'll be using either Federal or CCI