Hi Woods
I have enjoyed your contributions to posts about reloading on various forums across the web, what you contribute seems to make practical sense to me, a guy who is just starting out in reloading. I have a couple questions for you. I am thinking of buying a concentricity qauge. I see that both Hollands and sinclair produce gauges in the $100 range, and then there is a step up to the H&H and the Neco. I was thinking of springing for the sinclair, but would be interested to know what your thoughts were on the best bang for buck on a gauge.
Also I would be interested in knowing how you attack new brass prep, I am just about to do some 7mm saum brass (remington) for the first time. Remington brass has a bit of a rough reputation....
My approach is to:
ream primer pocket/deburr the flash hole,
check the length (trim all to the minimum measurement seen in a batch of 20-50)
run KandM madrel through case necks
Chamfer in side with steep angle K&M tool
Chamfer outside
Measure case neck wall width with tube mic, set aside any that are wildly out
Do you weight sort your cases? and if so before or after you prep them? would be interested to know the steps you take with new brass and the order you do them in.
cheers
John
New Zealand