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Neck tension in a hunting rifle?

Winny94

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  • Nov 19, 2013
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    My 7 sherman barreled action should be back from LRI by the end of the week. The only dies available are the forster non-bushing dies. I talked to Forster and with Richard's ADG brass, they size about .004 under bullet diameter. I plan to pull the expander ball and use a mandrel. Just curious what the consensus is on neck tension for a mag fed 7 Sherman (ie. 7 saum imp) that will be used as a hunting rifle. If I go .001, ill probably send the die back to forster to get honed, but if I need more tension (.002 or .003), then its already good to go.

    It is not a dedicated hunting rifle, but it will be the go rifle for hunting (I do plan to use it as my 1000+ yd plus steel ringer as well, but I only get a couple handfuls of opportunities for that each year)

    thanks for any opinions