I can buy Hornady and Federal .300 Winchester Magnum brass for about the same price. Do you have a preference for one verses the other, and if so, why?

Hornady is the only factory ammunition I've ever found defects in (over pressure in some lots and refused to fire in others). That said, I've found nothing wrong with the brass itself. But based on the experience with the ammunition I personally would choose Federal over Hornady.

Hornady is made by Privi, I think their brass is very good and may be better than Federal.

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Hornady is made by Privi

That is interesting. Can you say where you got that information? I like PRIVI, but didn't know this. I know the old Frontier was made by Winchester.

Anyway, I would buy Federal. I have found it to be very consistent. I also know that Hornady MATCH brass has less volume than their regular brass, at least in 308.

Frontier was made by Federal not WW Im told or read...I don't think PPU makes HOrnady brass, PPU is the best brass Ive ever used and the cheapest..Ive had some issues with Hornady brass, so the two don't compute or so it seems..

Thanks Ray. That's just what the Hornady guys told me. I bet they had several suppliers.

Federal brass is waaaaaay too SOFT for reloading!
I have a few hundred 300WM sitting in my recycle tub that were ‘once fired’ factory that ALL have loose primer pockets! I do know that they were in fact fired factory ammo with no reloads on them.
ALL are stamped ‘FC-10’ and my understanding is that the ‘10’ denotes 2010 manufacture.
I had primed them, charged them after being neck sized, and as I was taking them outta the loading block, the primers were falling out!

Don’t bother with Federal!

Cheers.

Maybe Federal simply dumps their products which don't meet specs in Australia (you convicts don't deserve the good stuff, anyway ) .

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Originally posted by Stonecreek:
Maybe Federal simply dumps their products which don't meet specs in Australia (you convicts don't deserve the good stuff, anyway ) .

We don't discriminate between good and bad stuff......We knock it all off!!!!

I most likely go with the federal.

The only Hornaday brass I used in my 460 S@W is cracking on the 2nd and 3 reload.

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Originally posted by Stonecreek:
Maybe Federal simply dumps their products which don't meet specs in Australia (you convicts don't deserve the good stuff, anyway ) .

Maybe, but it doesn’t bother me, no barrel I own has EVER had factory Federal ammo fired in it.
I’ve only ever used either Winchester or Remington ammo running in barrels while waiting for reloading gear to show up.

P.S.
I ain’t no convict, German heritage here, 5th generation Aussie, family came over in 1851.

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Originally posted by 416RigbyHunter:

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Originally posted by Stonecreek:
Maybe Federal simply dumps their products which don't meet specs in Australia (you convicts don't deserve the good stuff, anyway ) .

Maybe, but it doesn’t bother me, no barrel I own has EVER had factory Federal ammo fired in it.
I’ve only ever used either Winchester or Remington ammo running in barrels while waiting for reloading gear to show up.

P.S.
I ain’t no convict, German heritage here, 5th generation Aussie, family came over in 1851.

Must be true,Germany never had any cons in the 1850's Federal every time.jc