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Some of this is a repeat from above... I turn all of my necks. Brass for my factory barrels get about 50% cleanup, brass for my custom barrels get 90% cleanup. You only have to do it once and if you cut slightly into the shoulder, you won’t get the dreaded donut. Neck turning helps align...
I want to load for my girlfriends Browning A-Bolt micro hunter w/20" barrel. I'd like her to shoot the Nosler 140gr Partitions. Does anyone know the min/max using RE17? Mostly interested in the min, since I'll be loading light. Thanks in advance! Steve
Ol' Betsy likes 42.0gr of Varget under 168gr SMK's. I'm running a little low though and I have a bunch of RE17 that I'm might try...I've read good things about RE17. Good luck!
That's my load too!!! Very accurate! It's a light load, so if you're neck sizing and annealing, I'd expect your brass to last a very long time...you'll probably wear your barrel out with one hundred pieces. Good luck!!
Use a dremel tool with a thin cutter and carve a slot in the end of the post and then apply some heat before using a slotted screwdriver. If that doesn't work, drill it with a carbide drill bit and use an Eazy-out tool. Good luck!
Yup, Short Round has it right. Most brass will shorten on the first firing. The brass that flows to fill your chamber has to come from somewhere. BTW, your brass should start growing in length with subsequent firings. Good luck!
T-Man!! Great work on these articles! Thank you very much!! I think neck turning improves accuracy by better alignment than through equal bullet release ...but I'm good at being wrong sometimes too. Reloading seemed overwhelming until I once read that there are only two things that we can do to...
I believe you John L, this scope is ancient and my cousin and I have been shooting that rifle since we were wee lads (back in the late 60's). It's quite a collectors item, I understand. Thanks for the info, I know he'd never sell it though...lots of sentimental value on that peice. Thanks...
My cousin has one of these old scopes mounted on his Winchester model 52B, 22LR...it is an externally adjusted scope with USMC Sniper stamped on it. The crosshairs are very thin with a small dot where they cross. It worked very well on sage rats last weekend. :D
Properly done, neck turning will make your neck thickness the same all the way around. This will help center and align your bullet with your bore and will improve your accuracy. Don't take off too much or your brass will be worked more and will shorten its life. I usually clean my necks up...
I do my ladder tests at three hundred yards with great success, so four hundred should work fine. I tried it at two hundred yards one time and it didn't work at all for me. Good luck!