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<blockquote data-quote="Love a Weatherby" data-source="post: 1645677" data-attributes="member: 108348"><p>2) Turn all the necks to the same thickness, with a tolerance of about ±0.0005. Unless the brass is excessively thick (>0.015"), leave as much as possible. If a piece of brass is so bad that you can't maintain a neck thickness of >0.0125" then it should be culled. As mentioned, you don't need to turn them down any more than necessary. When I'm done turning a new batch, VERY few, if any, of the necks will have been completely touched by the cutter. Just take off the high spots, so to speak. You may need to turn a few to figure out what the ideal setting is. Set it thick at first, turn a few, see how much is remaining, lower the cutter a smidge, rinse, and repeat till you find a happy medium.</p><p></p><p>3) Run through a bushing sizer. You may have to guess the right size bushing at first, or better yet, measure a fired piece of brass with uniform neck walls, then calculate the right bushing based on that.</p><p></p><p>4) Load up 20-30 of the above, and see if they give you consistent results compared to the Berger ammo. If so, do the whole batch, and enjoy. If not, toss the brass and buy a 6.5 Creedmoor, as I've read it's a 1 mile lightning bolt with cheap factory ammo...<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="Love a Weatherby, post: 1645677, member: 108348"] 2) Turn all the necks to the same thickness, with a tolerance of about ±0.0005. Unless the brass is excessively thick (>0.015"), leave as much as possible. If a piece of brass is so bad that you can't maintain a neck thickness of >0.0125" then it should be culled. As mentioned, you don't need to turn them down any more than necessary. When I'm done turning a new batch, VERY few, if any, of the necks will have been completely touched by the cutter. Just take off the high spots, so to speak. You may need to turn a few to figure out what the ideal setting is. Set it thick at first, turn a few, see how much is remaining, lower the cutter a smidge, rinse, and repeat till you find a happy medium. 3) Run through a bushing sizer. You may have to guess the right size bushing at first, or better yet, measure a fired piece of brass with uniform neck walls, then calculate the right bushing based on that. 4) Load up 20-30 of the above, and see if they give you consistent results compared to the Berger ammo. If so, do the whole batch, and enjoy. If not, toss the brass and buy a 6.5 Creedmoor, as I've read it's a 1 mile lightning bolt with cheap factory ammo...;)[/QUOTE] [/QUOTE]
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