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case weights vs volumes
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<blockquote data-quote="Pdvdh" data-source="post: 1295263" data-attributes="member: 4191"><p>I meant to include that I also outside neck turned all casings, primer pocket uniformed, and deburred firing pin flash holes on all casings, except some of the culls. Annealed all case necks. And of course trimmed and dechamferred case necks.</p><p></p><p>By the time I was through, I'd learned quite a bit about the relative quality of the different brands of .223 brass.</p><p></p><p>Outside neck turning reveals the consistency of case neck thickness. I tested concentricity on almost all case necks. Learned that the thicker side of a case neck will cant a seated bullet toward the thinner side of the case neck.</p><p></p><p>Also learned that outside neck turning will reduce a lot of the bullet runout from a case neck thin on one side and thick on the other, but not all of it. And following the firing of that case in the rifle, the bullet runout following the firing, resizing and reloading of the outside neck-turned cases was almost always improved further.</p><p></p><p>Lastly, after all these case preparation and load development steps, I learned that crimping my loaded cartridges with the Lee Factory Crimp Die improved precision of my reloads as much, if not more, as all the other OCD-prompted steps combined.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pdvdh, post: 1295263, member: 4191"] I meant to include that I also outside neck turned all casings, primer pocket uniformed, and deburred firing pin flash holes on all casings, except some of the culls. Annealed all case necks. And of course trimmed and dechamferred case necks. By the time I was through, I'd learned quite a bit about the relative quality of the different brands of .223 brass. Outside neck turning reveals the consistency of case neck thickness. I tested concentricity on almost all case necks. Learned that the thicker side of a case neck will cant a seated bullet toward the thinner side of the case neck. Also learned that outside neck turning will reduce a lot of the bullet runout from a case neck thin on one side and thick on the other, but not all of it. And following the firing of that case in the rifle, the bullet runout following the firing, resizing and reloading of the outside neck-turned cases was almost always improved further. Lastly, after all these case preparation and load development steps, I learned that crimping my loaded cartridges with the Lee Factory Crimp Die improved precision of my reloads as much, if not more, as all the other OCD-prompted steps combined.:) [/QUOTE]
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