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<blockquote data-quote="XOOFP" data-source="post: 1369522" data-attributes="member: 78017"><p>Okay, these responses are clearing things up for me quite a lot. To answer sedancowboy's question, I take my measurement at approximately the midway point between the mouth and the shoulder. So, given the information provided, it looks like I have several options:</p><p></p><p>1) Attempt to buy a brand of brass in bulk, take a bunch of measurements on the brass thickness at the case mouth, and buy a neck size bushing that would correctly size for the thinnest of the bunch...and stick with that brand...understanding and accepting that neck tension on my loaded rounds will vary somewhat from an ideal of 0.002 to whatever tolerance I decide to allow on the other end (How badly will this affect the precision of my loads at my target max hunting range of 500 yards or my the longer fun shooting ranges of up to 1000 or so?).</p><p> </p><p>2) Learn how to neck turn and cut down the brass with thicker/or varying thickness to create a "standard" for my loading...bushing to match.</p><p></p><p>3) Sort brass into neck thickness lots and have a bunch of bushings to match whichever lot I am loading at the time.</p><p></p><p>Would you alter any of the possibilities above or ...am I missing any? Also I am second guessing the quality/accuracy of my calipers. What brands should I be looking at for a dependable set or at what price range, generally speaking?</p><p></p><p>Oh and on non-bushing dies, what standard does the die size the neck to? I guess there is an expander ball that opens the case mouth to caliber as the case exits the die which is actually what results in the final neck diameter?</p><p>Thanks for the help!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="XOOFP, post: 1369522, member: 78017"] Okay, these responses are clearing things up for me quite a lot. To answer sedancowboy's question, I take my measurement at approximately the midway point between the mouth and the shoulder. So, given the information provided, it looks like I have several options: 1) Attempt to buy a brand of brass in bulk, take a bunch of measurements on the brass thickness at the case mouth, and buy a neck size bushing that would correctly size for the thinnest of the bunch...and stick with that brand...understanding and accepting that neck tension on my loaded rounds will vary somewhat from an ideal of 0.002 to whatever tolerance I decide to allow on the other end (How badly will this affect the precision of my loads at my target max hunting range of 500 yards or my the longer fun shooting ranges of up to 1000 or so?). 2) Learn how to neck turn and cut down the brass with thicker/or varying thickness to create a "standard" for my loading...bushing to match. 3) Sort brass into neck thickness lots and have a bunch of bushings to match whichever lot I am loading at the time. Would you alter any of the possibilities above or ...am I missing any? Also I am second guessing the quality/accuracy of my calipers. What brands should I be looking at for a dependable set or at what price range, generally speaking? Oh and on non-bushing dies, what standard does the die size the neck to? I guess there is an expander ball that opens the case mouth to caliber as the case exits the die which is actually what results in the final neck diameter? Thanks for the help! [/QUOTE]
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