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Old 03-29-2024, 02:08 PM
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Can anyone give me a basic idea of what once fired Hornady .204 brass is worth? Thank you...
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Old 03-29-2024, 09:32 PM
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Can anyone give me a basic idea of what once fired Hornady .204 brass is worth? Thank you...
Depends on condition. 50% or less of new is reasonable.
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Old 03-30-2024, 10:10 AM
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FWIW, I would not buy used factory loaded brass if it has been sized or deprimed.
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Old 03-30-2024, 10:38 AM
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Most Hornady brass is not great. I would not buy it if I had other options. I would only buy once fired from someone I trusted because a lot of stuff advertised as once fired has been shot a heck of a lot more than once. I have used a lot of range pickup brass that I actually saw being fired from factory so I have nothing in general against truly once fired brass.

Bad to better brass in my experience.

Federal
Hornady
Remington
Winchester
Starline
Privi
RWS
Nosler
Norma
Weatherby
ADG
Lapua
Alpha
Peterson

Personally, Federal I won't use even if it is free. The only Hornady brass I use is their 375 Ruger because until recently, with the PRC cartridges becoming popular, no one else made it.
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Old 03-30-2024, 10:43 AM
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It also depends on supply and demand. From (recent) experience I know that 204 Ruger brass is hard to come by, so you may have to pay a bit more if you can find it.

I would also agree with 6.5 Shooter, 50c per case is about average.
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Old 03-30-2024, 11:30 AM
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Most Hornady brass is not great. I would not buy it if I had other options. I would only buy once fired from someone I trusted because a lot of stuff advertised as once fired has been shot a heck of a lot more than once. I have used a lot of range pickup brass that I actually saw being fired from factory so I have nothing in general against truly once fired brass.

Bad to better brass in my experience.

Federal
Hornady
Remington
Winchester
Starline
Privi
RWS
Nosler
Norma
Weatherby
ADG
Lapua
Alpha
Peterson

Personally, Federal I won't use even if it is free. The only Hornady brass I use is their 375 Ruger because until recently, with the PRC cartridges becoming popular, no one else made it.
Dean, you are spot on, but I’ll rearrange the last 4 to :

Peterson
ADG/Alpha
Lapua

But of course that’s just my opinion and based on specific cartridges. :-)
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