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Resizing: case life and accuracy???
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<blockquote data-quote="Kevin Thomas" data-source="post: 490617" data-attributes="member: 15748"><p>Sorry, forgot to elaborate on the N/S problem issues you'd asked about. I'm a competitive shooter, primarily Service Rifles. For that application, N/S isn't am option, they <u>have</u> to be F/L sized, period, end of story. You've got some wiggle room with bolt guns, but virtually all competitive shooters (XC and LR Prone, anyway) will F/L size there, too. We shoot rapid fire at 200 and 300 yards, and the rounds need to chamber absolutely freely, no resistance on teh bolt whatsoever. When you N/S, you'll feel some resistance to the bolt closing, and that's unacceptable for us. With each subsequent firing, that resistance will increase just a bit. At some point, they won't chamber correctly and you'll find yourself fighting to close the bolt. Opening the bolt, whether you've fired or not, also beocmes more difficult. Bottom line is, even if you do choose to N/S for most of your shooting (and many do), you'll still need to F/L resize after every so many firings to prevent this from becoming a problem. </p><p> </p><p>You don't necessarily need to spend a fortune on equipment to load accurate ammo, but you do need good equipment. Choose wisely and consider what you really need before whipping out the plastic and you'll do just fine. Just take the time to ask around and get some opinions of those who are using various equipment (as you're doing here), and that'll save you time, money and aggravation.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kevin Thomas, post: 490617, member: 15748"] Sorry, forgot to elaborate on the N/S problem issues you'd asked about. I'm a competitive shooter, primarily Service Rifles. For that application, N/S isn't am option, they [U]have[/U] to be F/L sized, period, end of story. You've got some wiggle room with bolt guns, but virtually all competitive shooters (XC and LR Prone, anyway) will F/L size there, too. We shoot rapid fire at 200 and 300 yards, and the rounds need to chamber absolutely freely, no resistance on teh bolt whatsoever. When you N/S, you'll feel some resistance to the bolt closing, and that's unacceptable for us. With each subsequent firing, that resistance will increase just a bit. At some point, they won't chamber correctly and you'll find yourself fighting to close the bolt. Opening the bolt, whether you've fired or not, also beocmes more difficult. Bottom line is, even if you do choose to N/S for most of your shooting (and many do), you'll still need to F/L resize after every so many firings to prevent this from becoming a problem. You don't necessarily need to spend a fortune on equipment to load accurate ammo, but you do need good equipment. Choose wisely and consider what you really need before whipping out the plastic and you'll do just fine. Just take the time to ask around and get some opinions of those who are using various equipment (as you're doing here), and that'll save you time, money and aggravation. [/QUOTE]
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