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Found a good load, now what
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<blockquote data-quote="gabby" data-source="post: 245202" data-attributes="member: 6652"><p>MT. First off there are no dumb questions and I too am learning as I go. Weighing the brass?, yes your going to get a greater velocity spread if you test 5 of the heaviest and 5 of the lightest pieces of brass together than you would if you used 10 of the same weight. A good neck turner? I have a Forster and a K&M. I use the K&M on two 17 cal., tight neck rifles. Should the necks be turned period? Yes & no. When a gunsmith chambers a barrel you can request a tight neck. Doing this requires one to turn the necks, as if you didn't when fired the neck wouldn't have enough room to expand and release the bullet thus causing slight-extreme pressure. On a factory chambering or factory rifle there's enough clearance built in that you don't have to worry about a neck not releasing the bullet enough causing high pressure. Unless you don't trim your brass and let it grow too long. I have only turned the necks on two factory rounds. One was a 223-I stopped after figured out the necks were so uniform I was wasting my time. The other was the swift which was very beneficial. The brass was thicker on some areas of the neck. Turning them slightly got rid of the high or thick spots while leaving the low spots. They were about 60 or 70% uniform. As a side note my huntin' buddy had to get in the act and got a neck turner then proceeded to turn his necks down on his 22-250 brass. He turned it down to the point the bullets, when seated, were so loose he had to through away 100 pieces of new brass. If you don't already have a neck turner then I'd say that would be one of the last things I would buy. Do you have -use a primer pocket uniformer? A flashole deburrer? These are things that can reduce the size of a group ever so slightly and very inexpensively. A 32nd" here, a 1\16" there. Your in good shape with a 1\2" group. Reduce it just a little and you'll be close to a one holer. As to concentric...I'm still learning. Maybe someone with more experience can chim in here. Mike</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gabby, post: 245202, member: 6652"] MT. First off there are no dumb questions and I too am learning as I go. Weighing the brass?, yes your going to get a greater velocity spread if you test 5 of the heaviest and 5 of the lightest pieces of brass together than you would if you used 10 of the same weight. A good neck turner? I have a Forster and a K&M. I use the K&M on two 17 cal., tight neck rifles. Should the necks be turned period? Yes & no. When a gunsmith chambers a barrel you can request a tight neck. Doing this requires one to turn the necks, as if you didn't when fired the neck wouldn't have enough room to expand and release the bullet thus causing slight-extreme pressure. On a factory chambering or factory rifle there's enough clearance built in that you don't have to worry about a neck not releasing the bullet enough causing high pressure. Unless you don't trim your brass and let it grow too long. I have only turned the necks on two factory rounds. One was a 223-I stopped after figured out the necks were so uniform I was wasting my time. The other was the swift which was very beneficial. The brass was thicker on some areas of the neck. Turning them slightly got rid of the high or thick spots while leaving the low spots. They were about 60 or 70% uniform. As a side note my huntin' buddy had to get in the act and got a neck turner then proceeded to turn his necks down on his 22-250 brass. He turned it down to the point the bullets, when seated, were so loose he had to through away 100 pieces of new brass. If you don't already have a neck turner then I'd say that would be one of the last things I would buy. Do you have -use a primer pocket uniformer? A flashole deburrer? These are things that can reduce the size of a group ever so slightly and very inexpensively. A 32nd" here, a 1\16" there. Your in good shape with a 1\2" group. Reduce it just a little and you'll be close to a one holer. As to concentric...I'm still learning. Maybe someone with more experience can chim in here. Mike [/QUOTE]
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