.243 case length

[Alleycat]

I'm getting ready to reload some .243 and measured my resized once fired federal brass at 2.044 - 2.045. Being that the max length is 2.045 would you experience reloaders say that I'm good to go for this round of reloading?
I know many of you will say "just give them a quick trim" trouble is I don't have a trimmer yet and I'm chomping at the bit to reload a batch.

Is it normal for only once fired brass to be at or near max length? They were fired from my axis if that means anything.

Cheers
Allan

[stangfish]

You are good to go. It is normal. Brass "flows" quite a bit on hot loads in the 308 based cartridges. Not all brass is the same hardness so this is even more so with softer brass.