neck size or fl size?

[NCHillbilly]

I know the knee-jerk answer to this question, but please read full post.

I almost exclusively full-length size my brass, but I was recently given a large number of once-fired 300WM brass that will drop right into my L.E. Wilson case gauge. I also measured base-to-datum with my headspace comparator, and it came up .004" short of where MY once-fired brass measured. I have brass that I bought new and fired in my rifle, that after firing, mine measured 2.277", the brass I was given measures 2.273"( on average).

So, here's the rub. What benefit is it to go through the usual process, when all I'm actuallly doing is straightening and sizing the neck anyway. The case isn't blown out, as evidenced by the case gauge fit, and the shoulder is already back, slightly more than necessary. Am I thinking wrong about this? Just trying to shave unnecessary labor if possible

 

[spife7980]

Does it chamber in your rifle easily? Load up a few and shoot them and see if it works alight and then go from there.

 

[NCHillbilly]

Does it chamber in your rifle easily? Load up a few and shoot them and see if it works alight and then go from there.

Haven't tried to chamber it yet, just started working with it last night, but will check.

 

[TheOfficeT-Rex]

You didn't list your process, so I'm going with some assumptions here-

How much time do you think you will save by just neck sizing? How many steps does it remove?

You're still going to run it through a die before loading, what are you really saving if that die doesn't even touch the shoulder, since the shoulders are already at the place you would resize them to? If the difference is lubing the case and cleaning it off afterwards, I'd have to think long and hard if saving that amount of non-active time was worth the cost of a new die.

 

[NCHillbilly]

You didn't list your process, so I'm going with some assumptions here-

How much time do you think you will save by just neck sizing? How many steps does it remove?

You're still going to run it through a die before loading, what are you really saving if that die doesn't even touch the shoulder, since the shoulders are already at the place you would resize them to? If the difference is lubing the case and cleaning it off afterwards, I'd have to think long and hard if saving that amount of non-active time was worth the cost of a new die.

Yeah, hadn't really looked at it like that. I'll just lube 'em, back my fl die out a touch, and proceed. Funny how shit makes sense to yourself till you see it posted. Suffering from post-election stress disorder.

 

[TheOfficeT-Rex]

Yeah, hadn't really looked at it like that. I'll just lube 'em, back my fl die out a touch, and proceed. Funny how shit makes sense to yourself till you see it posted. Suffering from post-election stress disorder.

Happens. I see lots of posts trying to save time, which I get, but sometimes it just isn't worth the squeeze. I think if one wants to save time, they need to look at the whole process and redesign based on their needs.

I wouldn't even adjust your die. If it already bumps to about where the cases are now, they won't really get touched. And if they do get a little sizing, I'm not sure how that hurts. I don't like adjusting sizing dies once I have them set.

 

[fx77]

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