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proper amount of neck tension
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<blockquote data-quote="Mikecr" data-source="post: 845716" data-attributes="member: 1521"><p>Your gunsmith doesn't know what he's talking about, and I wouldn't be surprised if he's making more than that up as he goes..</p><p></p><p>For one, you cannot produce more than ~3thou of tension, regardless of sizing. That is all necks will spring back. Even very thick & hard necks.</p><p>When you size necks down more than this, bullet seating(with excess seating forces) will just size the necks back up, and the same spring back(as you would have without the oversizing) grips the bullet.</p><p></p><p>Necks won't ever spring back 4-5thou.</p><p></p><p>And when someone suggests that annealing will increase your tension, go ahead and tell them they don't know what they're talkin about. Annealing reduces springback, which is all that holds a bullet.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mikecr, post: 845716, member: 1521"] Your gunsmith doesn't know what he's talking about, and I wouldn't be surprised if he's making more than that up as he goes.. For one, you cannot produce more than ~3thou of tension, regardless of sizing. That is all necks will spring back. Even very thick & hard necks. When you size necks down more than this, bullet seating(with excess seating forces) will just size the necks back up, and the same spring back(as you would have without the oversizing) grips the bullet. Necks won't ever spring back 4-5thou. And when someone suggests that annealing will increase your tension, go ahead and tell them they don't know what they're talkin about. Annealing reduces springback, which is all that holds a bullet. [/QUOTE]
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