Question about fire forming out of spec brass???

[Broadsword]

I have a bunch of .308 brass I've been sitting on for probably ten years. It is brass I loaded back when I first started reloading and had no idea what I was doing. Long story short, I loaded it up for a bolt gun I had. When I checked the OAL I felt like I needed to seat the bullets a hair more. Apparently I had the die set wrong and ended up pushing the shoulders out of spec. I was using the fire forming method and did this to a bunch of freshly reloaded rounds (I'm ashamed to say how many). I did fire four or five of the rounds. They shot ok but went into the chamber pretty hard. I ended up breaking all the rounds down to recover the components and put the brass in a box. Fast forward to today and I'm sitting on a bunch of once fired Federal and Lake City Match brass. I just bought a Savage 10 FCP McMillan and would love to use the brass.
My question is. If I load the brass with a lighter weight bullet, minimum powder load and fire them, will the brass fire form safely to the Savage chamber making them usable?
Thanks in advance,
Broadsword

[bobbyfairbanks]

Brass is cheap. Buy new stuff.

If you really want to use run it through a sizing die. If it won't go into the die, recycle the brass if it does go into the try putting it into your chamber. If bolt won't close easily. Then recycle the brass

I would just buy new brass but good luck

[Great-Kazoo]

Follow bobby's advice. Brass is cheap right now.

[Broadsword]

Thank for the advice. Any suggestions as to what kind I should look for these days and where the best place to buy from is?
Broadsword

[Delfuego]

How far did you bump the shoulders? Do you have a bump gauge measure? If the shoulders are bumped too far, you could get case head separation. 1-3 thousands in a full length die is normal bump/resize, over that and you may have hurt the brass. Have you checked to see if they will chamber in you new rifle? Do you have a piece of brass fired from your new rifle for comparison? If not, you could really load any charge and after fired they will be fireformed, bullet weight doesn't matter.

Lapua brass is the best you can get, but it comes at a high price. Don't buy cheap brass and expect good results. Consistency is everything when it comes to accuracy. I keep all my brass in sorted and don't mix and match, especially with different manufacturers.

If your interested, I have a crap-load of Federal Gold Metal Match brass (and some Winchester) that is all once fired from a bolt gun that I could give you a real good price on. PM me if you interested or if you need extra advice.

[Broadsword]

Thanks for the replies. I think I'll look for some brass. Sounds like Lapua might be the way to go.
Broadsword