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I doubt you'll see much difference at 100yds with an average hunting rifle by not resizing the neck after pulling and seating a new bullet. Neck tension will affect accuracy but the average rifle won't show how much (with statistical confidence) without shooting a LOT of 5-10 shot groups. A very accurate LR rifle or BR rifle may be a different story, but in that case I would only use such rounds for fouling or practice. Still, I will normally run the case back in the FL die and go about 2/3 down the neck but not touch the body. The de-cap pin is removed on all my FL dies and this method doesn't require any lube.
I use the Lee FC on a couple calibers and it will help, but you still won't have the "same" neck tension as on a round that had been re-neck sized. And either one would most likely be a little different than a case that had been fired and sized normally. It gets down to how fine do you want to pick your nits...
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I doubt you'll see much difference at 100yds with an average hunting rifle by not resizing the neck after pulling and seating a new bullet. Neck tension will affect accuracy but the average rifle won't show how much (with statistical confidence) without shooting a LOT of 5-10 shot groups. A very accurate LR rifle or BR rifle may be a different story, but in that case I would only use such rounds for fouling or practice. Still, I will normally run the case back in the FL die and go about 2/3 down the neck but not touch the body. The de-cap pin is removed on all my FL dies and this method doesn't require any lube.
I use the Lee FC on a couple calibers and it will help, but you still won't have the "same" neck tension as on a round that had been re-neck sized. And either one would most likely be a little different than a case that had been fired and sized normally. It gets down to how fine do you want to pick your nits... Good points. DF
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Thanks guys , I'll go on and resize them for piece of mind.
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The Lee Collet Neck sizer dies work great for the situation you described. It is what I use if I need to pull bullets and then resize/reload.
In the past I have had pressure issues with crimped loads when trying to work up loads. The accuracy was erratic at times also. This was with a 243 and problem went away when I quit crimping. This was just my experience. I used to crimp a standard 30-06 load that worked great in a lot of different rifles. But if I didn't crimp using the same load my personal rifles shot it more accurately. Not a great deal more accurate, but still noticeable at 100yds.
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The Lee Collet Neck sizer is never a bad option...
DF
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The Lee Collet Neck sizer is never a bad option...
DF HUGE +1!!
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