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Reloading
Full length sizing VS neck sizing
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<blockquote data-quote="jensenj71" data-source="post: 2871046" data-attributes="member: 96797"><p>That is pretty funny ... not telling you what to do ..... but you are an idiot if you do anything else than others do that are addicted to the sport and spend tens of thousands of dollars searching for a competitive advantage. I am not saying what they do doesn't work.</p><p></p><p>IF you are new to reloading and you will never reload the brass more than 2 or 3 times you might see an improvement by neck sizing only. I am not saying you cant neck size only more than that, but it seems like that is a safe bet. IF you have the knowledge and equipment to consistently resize brass then you can probably avoid the cons of neck sizing only and maintain or exceed any accuracy improvement. You do need some equipment and some skills that you may or may not have. You will not magically get better results because you FL resize.</p><p></p><p>I neck sized only on a 300WM for a M77 for 20years that was used exclusively for hunting. The neck sized only did seem to shoot slightly better that what I could extract with FL sizing (using non bushing die) with the equipment I had. Today, I body size with a bushing and bump the shoulder back 0.002. I get roughly the same results with more steps, but I feel a little more confident that a round will chamber smoothly in a hunting situation. On the other hand, the only rounds that have chambered hard in the field were with rifles that were running FL resized ammo. I am not entirely sure a pine needle or a chunk of bark fits that much better with the extra clearance.</p><p></p><p>In my opinion, give it a try and judge for yourself. As mentioned by others, cycle your ammo to make sure it cycles smoothly. Personally, I would neck size if I wasn't willing to step up to a bushing die that allows me to partially resize the neck. I think leaving part of the neck as fired gets things lined up better.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jensenj71, post: 2871046, member: 96797"] That is pretty funny ... not telling you what to do ..... but you are an idiot if you do anything else than others do that are addicted to the sport and spend tens of thousands of dollars searching for a competitive advantage. I am not saying what they do doesn't work. IF you are new to reloading and you will never reload the brass more than 2 or 3 times you might see an improvement by neck sizing only. I am not saying you cant neck size only more than that, but it seems like that is a safe bet. IF you have the knowledge and equipment to consistently resize brass then you can probably avoid the cons of neck sizing only and maintain or exceed any accuracy improvement. You do need some equipment and some skills that you may or may not have. You will not magically get better results because you FL resize. I neck sized only on a 300WM for a M77 for 20years that was used exclusively for hunting. The neck sized only did seem to shoot slightly better that what I could extract with FL sizing (using non bushing die) with the equipment I had. Today, I body size with a bushing and bump the shoulder back 0.002. I get roughly the same results with more steps, but I feel a little more confident that a round will chamber smoothly in a hunting situation. On the other hand, the only rounds that have chambered hard in the field were with rifles that were running FL resized ammo. I am not entirely sure a pine needle or a chunk of bark fits that much better with the extra clearance. In my opinion, give it a try and judge for yourself. As mentioned by others, cycle your ammo to make sure it cycles smoothly. Personally, I would neck size if I wasn't willing to step up to a bushing die that allows me to partially resize the neck. I think leaving part of the neck as fired gets things lined up better. [/QUOTE]
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