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Precision Reloading For Long Range Hunting by Jerry Teo
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<blockquote data-quote="James H" data-source="post: 168822" data-attributes="member: 5449"><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Jerry</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Excellent article and I am in 100% agreement with most of it.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">There are a few things I do different though. I do use a Lee hand primer on occasion but I don't get the feel I get with my RCBS bench primer. Honestly it's to the point that it ****es me off every time I use the Lee primer, but then I have used the RCBS for over 30 years and only got the Lee in the last couple so maybe that has something to do with it. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">I like either a full length bushing die or a full length die that has had the neck reamed for the proper neck tension. Like Jerry I do not like having the expander ball pulled through the neck after resizing, it can cause crooked necks. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">With moderate loads the Lee collet dies work great but with hot loads the case really needs to be FL sized each time for easy chambering. Jerry's idea of using the body die with the collet die is great though if you want to run the cases through the die twice to resize, and there's nothing wrong with that. I also do that when using the Redding competition neck sizing die. I also I still use the Lee collet die with a few rifles too. If you load light enough that you don't need to FL size it sure is great to not need to remove resizing lube.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">I'll give this article 5 stars and 2 thumbs up.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Good job Jerry</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">James</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="James H, post: 168822, member: 5449"] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Jerry[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Excellent article and I am in 100% agreement with most of it.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]There are a few things I do different though. I do use a Lee hand primer on occasion but I don’t get the feel I get with my RCBS bench primer. Honestly it’s to the point that it ****es me off every time I use the Lee primer, but then I have used the RCBS for over 30 years and only got the Lee in the last couple so maybe that has something to do with it. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]I like either a full length bushing die or a full length die that has had the neck reamed for the proper neck tension. Like Jerry I do not like having the expander ball pulled through the neck after resizing, it can cause crooked necks. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]With moderate loads the Lee collet dies work great but with hot loads the case really needs to be FL sized each time for easy chambering. Jerry’s idea of using the body die with the collet die is great though if you want to run the cases through the die twice to resize, and there’s nothing wrong with that. I also do that when using the Redding competition neck sizing die. I also I still use the Lee collet die with a few rifles too. If you load light enough that you don’t need to FL size it sure is great to not need to remove resizing lube.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]I’ll give this article 5 stars and 2 thumbs up.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Good job Jerry[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]James[/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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