Although Rem brass is crap, Federal brass tends to be really soft. I got up to 8-9 reloads out of my rem 300 RUM brass. With federal, you'd be lucky to get 3-4. If your looking for good brass, buy some of the NOSLER brass and let us know how it does.
The Nosler brass is very nice! I have some 280 AI brass and there is no prep work required! I would alos recomend you get some Nosler 300 RUM brass, well worth the price.