I’m thinking about getting a neck turner. I’ve never looked at them before. What do you suggest? Not looking for best-of-the-best, competition grade stuff but good bang for the buck.
Neck Turner
- Thread starter Pickle Rick
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K&M's is a nice inexpensive way to go, but I think PMA is a better over all tool. For either one, you'll want to be sure to get a carbide pilot (not cheap) which helps a lot in keeping the friction down so as to not heat things up so much as you turn necks; otherwise, you need to use some lube and will likely want to clean the lube off after turning the necks.
if you want turn necks for accuracy, than you are at least 1 decade too late. now turning necks is thing of the past.
It's not worth the time imo. I have the 21st century neck turning lathe. I turned necks because I thought I needed to. I didn't. Unless you’re running a chamber which requires turned necks, save yourself the hassle and money.
It depends.
It's NOT a thing of the past, but is mostly depends on the type of shooting one does and suited to chambers that require necks to be turned to just being able to fit with the right about of clearance. Typically, no turn chambers just don't need it and won't likely see any significant improvement. The main issue is having the proper amount of clearance. Too much clearance from turning the necks can be detrimental. Turning necks thin spawned the term "thin to win" where thinner thicknesses can produce better results . . . again, depending on the chamber.
If there one easy thing to do to improve precision/consistency with accuracy for any rifle is to make sure your cases are trimmed to the same length, not letting them get too long before trimming. One just needs to keep in mind that one can't make a silk purse out of a sows ear.
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