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Is there anytime neck turning is not a good idea?
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<blockquote data-quote="rcoody" data-source="post: 1100028" data-attributes="member: 91090"><p>neck turning is all about uniform neck tension. With the quality of today's brass and reloading equipment neck turning should be the last thing in the list of things to do to control and uniform neck tension. </p><p> </p><p>Sand down your expander ball? That is one thing to do. A better path is neck sizing your brass and eliminating the expander ball.</p><p> </p><p>I use lapua brass. Don't debur and uniform primer pockets or uniform flashholes. I have found that the less I do to that brass the better.</p><p> </p><p>I do believe in checking runout. I have checked a bunch of brand new lapua brass and runout is nonexistent. Now I use a coax press and all match forster dies and runout after full length resizing is .002 average. After bullet seating it is between .002 and .004. I can't seem to do better than that. When I want to shoot tiny groups I take the 002's.</p><p> </p><p>I have weighed cases and grouped them together. Might help a little bit but it is hell to try to keep them all separated during the cleaning and brass prep. Gave it up.</p><p> </p><p>I think one thing that really helps consistency and your ES and SD is accurately weighing your powder. Now when I want to shoot tiny groups I weigh my powder to 0.02 grains. vertical spread disappears. Most people would be surprised how much their powder charges really vary.</p><p> </p><p>oh I forgot annealing. Every 3 firings.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rcoody, post: 1100028, member: 91090"] neck turning is all about uniform neck tension. With the quality of today's brass and reloading equipment neck turning should be the last thing in the list of things to do to control and uniform neck tension. Sand down your expander ball? That is one thing to do. A better path is neck sizing your brass and eliminating the expander ball. I use lapua brass. Don't debur and uniform primer pockets or uniform flashholes. I have found that the less I do to that brass the better. I do believe in checking runout. I have checked a bunch of brand new lapua brass and runout is nonexistent. Now I use a coax press and all match forster dies and runout after full length resizing is .002 average. After bullet seating it is between .002 and .004. I can't seem to do better than that. When I want to shoot tiny groups I take the 002's. I have weighed cases and grouped them together. Might help a little bit but it is hell to try to keep them all separated during the cleaning and brass prep. Gave it up. I think one thing that really helps consistency and your ES and SD is accurately weighing your powder. Now when I want to shoot tiny groups I weigh my powder to 0.02 grains. vertical spread disappears. Most people would be surprised how much their powder charges really vary. oh I forgot annealing. Every 3 firings. [/QUOTE]
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