I have Lapua, Norma and an absolute metric @$$ load of lake city "premium" I got on sale from Wes a long while back.

The Lapua and Norma are obviously better, but I happen to really enjoy brass prep and sorting. I set a movie or netflix show going and just get about the business of perfect brass.

I honestly think you can make the LC work, with careful prep and sorting I have gotten extremely consistent reloads using 69 and 77gr SMK.

It's a lot of time investment though and you may not find it worth the trouble, but winter is coming up and its going to get cold any way :-)