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Reloading
300 win mag is splitting cases.
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<blockquote data-quote="Kevin Thomas" data-source="post: 440974" data-attributes="member: 15748"><p>Boattail 25,</p><p> </p><p>The neck sizing should help, but it's not THE solution here. Should help, for the reasons we've already covered here, but proper full length sizing will work every bit as well, so long as you're not setting the shoulder back by more than .001" or .002" when it's done. It will also avoid some problems that are inherent with neck sizing, that will raise their heads at some point. My concern with neck sizing in the T/C is the lack of camming power; you're going to quickly find yourself with reloaded cases that don't want to chamber. You need to full length size when this happens, and that calls for doing it correctly, i.e., enough to allow easy chambering without any more shoulder setback than is absolutely neccessary. You might want to look at some of the various chamber gages, but make sure it's one that can be used off the shoulder, instead or in lieu of the belt. I'd recomend the Sinclair bump gages, and use them religiously.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kevin Thomas, post: 440974, member: 15748"] Boattail 25, The neck sizing should help, but it's not THE solution here. Should help, for the reasons we've already covered here, but proper full length sizing will work every bit as well, so long as you're not setting the shoulder back by more than .001" or .002" when it's done. It will also avoid some problems that are inherent with neck sizing, that will raise their heads at some point. My concern with neck sizing in the T/C is the lack of camming power; you're going to quickly find yourself with reloaded cases that don't want to chamber. You need to full length size when this happens, and that calls for doing it correctly, i.e., enough to allow easy chambering without any more shoulder setback than is absolutely neccessary. You might want to look at some of the various chamber gages, but make sure it's one that can be used off the shoulder, instead or in lieu of the belt. I'd recomend the Sinclair bump gages, and use them religiously. [/QUOTE]
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