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I noticed that my Redding neck sizing die came with the expander ball on the decapping rod. Do you guys run the ball through after neck sizing? Seems counter productive to me. Especially when using a sized neck bushing. But, on the flip side I can see how it would provide more consistent...

What do you think is the best way to get to a wildcat caliber from a parent case, neck up or size down. I am looking to make a 30-8mm and a 338-8mm. The 338-8mm is a no brainer (perfect for me), neck up the parent case, 8mm rem mag My thoughts for the 30-8mm was to use a 7mm stw and taper...

Anyone know offhand what the neck dimesions are in a SAMMI spec .30-06 chamber? My friend gave me some fired brass from their rifle and the necks measure right around .339-.340. Brass is Rem, and neck thickness is .012. Seems to me that if you used thick walled brass, say around .015 you be...

Gents, when neck sizing how much of the neck do you resize? I've noticed some resize the full length of the neck, others half etc. I'm interested in what some of you do and why? Cheers Rath

Ok, I guess when I was new to the whole reloading biz, I wanted to dial everything in and spent a pretty penny on all the best stuff to extract absolute perfection out of my hand loads. Now with a bit of experience under my belt, I often ask the question, "Is this necessary?" when going about...

I'm getting started loading for my .223AI. I'm new to neck sizing and was wondering about lube. I use imperial sizing wax when bumping the shoulder on my .308 brass, should I be using it on the necks of the .223? I tried a couple dry and they seem to size easily without anything on them but I...

I just got a new 308 barrel that is marked .342 neck. The good folks of the hide educated me to what the .342 neck means, but it opens a hole new area for me to explore. It is my understanding that the .342 is not a tight neck, but if I had chosen a tighter chamber neck and had to turn the...

I just finished annealing my entire lot of cases after their 3rd firing. I tumbled, then annealed, then did my brass prep as if the cases were straight off the range. Neck tention was still set at .002" but felt like next to no tension at all when seating the bullets. Things will work-harden...

i was wondering how many folks here full length resize and how many neck size? and what are the reasons for choosing one over the other?

I just purchased some new .308 lapua brass I was going to run it through my Lee collet neck sizer because some of the cases are dinged around the case mouth. As I started I noticed when the case hits the decap mandrel it sticks and gets rough, some very bad I even smashed the neck of one then I...

My rifle just got returned from Hart. It is a 308. The barrel is stamped .342 Neck. I know this must tell me somthing about the neck size for the neck on the ammo, but I do not know what it is telling me to do? Also I have the VSL 308 take off barrel. Low round count. didn't shoot very well...

What is considered "tight neck" in a 223 remington but yet is a "no-turn" neck? Thanks krw

I just bought a set of RCBS Gold Medal dies for 308 and I also bought the Neck Sizer Die Bushing 336 Diameter. Is this the right neck sizer die bushing for .308 Cal? The brass neck wont go in the bushing. Thanks

Gents, I have a custom rifle being built here in Australia. Specs: My Rifle build details: .308 Stiller tac 30 action with 20moa rail and oversized recoil lug Lilja match barrel fitted and finished to 24" Jewel HVR trigger Mcmillan A5 with molded in colour and spacer butt assembly...