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To neck turn, to ream or not to ream?
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<blockquote data-quote="J E Custom" data-source="post: 1554907" data-attributes="member: 2736"><p>All of the reasons to turn the necks or not to have been discussed and there will always be different opinions on it. So Whether you do or don't turn the necks boils down to what is the most consistent.</p><p></p><p>Accuracy, Is consistency, No mater what the procedure or shooter skills. If the rifle is precision, the ammo also needs to be precision. Shooter skills have to be worked on to get more consistent just like everything else to be accurate/consistent.</p><p></p><p>Accuracy test/Grouping will only tell you what the rifle and load combo is capable of. the shooter is the other part of the equation and shooting in the field is totally different than shooting at the range where things are at there best.</p><p></p><p>A well built and loaded rifle will normally out shoot the owner (Which is the desired accuracy for the field) placing all the pressure on the shooters skills. Whether you turn to a dimension, turn just to clean the neck up or do nothing as long as you are consistent you can get the desired accuracy you want . But if you take the time and do everything the same, you can improve you rifles accuracy. (Not your shooter skills).</p><p></p><p>I test all of my rifles on the bench under ideal conditions to find the rifles accuracy and have found that some procedures may only subtract .020 from the best group, but in my opinion every improvement is worth the effort and it removes any excuses that I can come up with if I make a less than perfect hit.</p><p></p><p>I turn my necks to make them consistently the same when I load them, it also helps the bullet tension consistency improving the accuracy and SDs. It may not make that much difference, and I may not be able to see any difference in the field due to shooter skill and conditions but as I said, Any improvement is worth the effort especially if it gives me more confidence and in some cases the comfort to take a longer shot that would not be considered if the rifle and ammo was not up the the task.</p><p></p><p>Just my opinion</p><p></p><p>J E CUSTOM</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="J E Custom, post: 1554907, member: 2736"] All of the reasons to turn the necks or not to have been discussed and there will always be different opinions on it. So Whether you do or don't turn the necks boils down to what is the most consistent. Accuracy, Is consistency, No mater what the procedure or shooter skills. If the rifle is precision, the ammo also needs to be precision. Shooter skills have to be worked on to get more consistent just like everything else to be accurate/consistent. Accuracy test/Grouping will only tell you what the rifle and load combo is capable of. the shooter is the other part of the equation and shooting in the field is totally different than shooting at the range where things are at there best. A well built and loaded rifle will normally out shoot the owner (Which is the desired accuracy for the field) placing all the pressure on the shooters skills. Whether you turn to a dimension, turn just to clean the neck up or do nothing as long as you are consistent you can get the desired accuracy you want . But if you take the time and do everything the same, you can improve you rifles accuracy. (Not your shooter skills). I test all of my rifles on the bench under ideal conditions to find the rifles accuracy and have found that some procedures may only subtract .020 from the best group, but in my opinion every improvement is worth the effort and it removes any excuses that I can come up with if I make a less than perfect hit. I turn my necks to make them consistently the same when I load them, it also helps the bullet tension consistency improving the accuracy and SDs. It may not make that much difference, and I may not be able to see any difference in the field due to shooter skill and conditions but as I said, Any improvement is worth the effort especially if it gives me more confidence and in some cases the comfort to take a longer shot that would not be considered if the rifle and ammo was not up the the task. Just my opinion J E CUSTOM [/QUOTE]
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