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Reloading
neck size or full length size?????
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<blockquote data-quote="MontanaRifleman" data-source="post: 340609" data-attributes="member: 11717"><p>In most cases, yes. Someone posted that they neck size only until the brass will no longer chamber and throw it out and start over. that seems a little wasteful to me and why not FL size it before throwing it out anyway. Same cartridges can get a lot of neck sizes before needing a body or FL size. Some of my 300 WSM brass is on its 5th neck only cycle. My 300 RUM brass on the other hand gets too tight after only 1 or 2 firings.</p><p> </p><p>But eventually the shoulder and body will need to be bumped and sized so the case will fir the chamber. I used to think that neck sizing was the best way because you ended up with a case that was fire formed to the chamber. But the doesn't necessarily help align your bullet to the bore which is what you're after. A tight neck chamber and snug fiitng concentric neck accomplish that. And that's why a lot of reloaders only parial neck size, so they get a fired formed collar on the neck to center the bullet. A case body with a little play (body or FL sized) gives the neck collar room to align in the chamber. And another advantage to Body/FL sizing is you get the same product for each reloading and reloading Is all about consistancy. </p><p> </p><p>The most important thing you can for quality hand loads is to use a competiton seater.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MontanaRifleman, post: 340609, member: 11717"] In most cases, yes. Someone posted that they neck size only until the brass will no longer chamber and throw it out and start over. that seems a little wasteful to me and why not FL size it before throwing it out anyway. Same cartridges can get a lot of neck sizes before needing a body or FL size. Some of my 300 WSM brass is on its 5th neck only cycle. My 300 RUM brass on the other hand gets too tight after only 1 or 2 firings. But eventually the shoulder and body will need to be bumped and sized so the case will fir the chamber. I used to think that neck sizing was the best way because you ended up with a case that was fire formed to the chamber. But the doesn't necessarily help align your bullet to the bore which is what you're after. A tight neck chamber and snug fiitng concentric neck accomplish that. And that's why a lot of reloaders only parial neck size, so they get a fired formed collar on the neck to center the bullet. A case body with a little play (body or FL sized) gives the neck collar room to align in the chamber. And another advantage to Body/FL sizing is you get the same product for each reloading and reloading Is all about consistancy. The most important thing you can for quality hand loads is to use a competiton seater. [/QUOTE]
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