I find reloading about as entertaining as watching paint dry. I lubed, resized, cleaned, trimmed, chamfered, deburred, cleaned primer pockets and reprimed 50 pieces of .243 brass yesterday. It's more than tedious enough without screwing around with range brass. I'd rather shut my thumb in a car door than be forced to load 3000 rds. a year.
Range brass? I don't touch the stuff. The crap tends to stretch too much fired in a auto and you don't know how many times it was fired before they tossed it. Also feel free to following me around at the range I tend to toss alot of 22-250 brass. If you pick it up make sure you invest in a nice tight chamber brush so you can pull other half of the case out of the chamber. I tossed them for a reason.
I'm just trying to get more consistent neck tension. Especially on bullets that are not crimped.
kwg
Suggestion for that neck tension consistency : Get a Hornady Universal Neck sizing die which is caliber specific. Adjust it right you won't have to worry about neck tension Consistency.
Hello Seafire I'm seeing several Hornaday neck sizers. Which one are you talking about ?? Can you link it ??
kwg
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I'm just trying to get more consistent neck tension. Especially on bullets that are not crimped.
kwg
Suggestion for that neck tension consistency : Get a Hornady Universal Neck sizing die which is caliber specific. Adjust it right you won't have to worry about neck tension Consistency.
Hello Seafire I'm seeing several Hornaday neck sizers. Which one are you talking about ?? Can you link it ??
I'm just trying to get more consistent neck tension. Especially on bullets that are not crimped.
kwg
Suggestion for that neck tension consistency : Get a Hornady Universal Neck sizing die which is caliber specific. Adjust it right you won't have to worry about neck tension Consistency.
Hello Seafire I'm seeing several Hornaday neck sizers. Which one are you talking about ?? Can you link it ??
Hello Seafire I see where this one deprimes but it appears it does nothing with the neck ?? Am I missing something ??
kwg
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All the ones I have ( about 6 or 7 )can be adjusted to sized the neck on just about any caliber in that caliber range.
Such as a 243. You can set it up to size the neck for a 243. or a 6mm Rem, or a 240 Weatherby.
I is not just a universal deprimer. Each of them are like that...
I have one that I've neck sized for others in 7mm. you can set it up for a 7/08, or a 7 x 57, 280 Remington, 280 AI or 7 mm Rem Mag, or a 7mm Weatherby etc.
Call Midway and ask them for the ones that do that, versus just a Universal deprimer.
All the ones I've both have been a neck sizer, and I've even taken the decapping pin out of the spindle. Ive got them in 20 caliber to 30 Caliber.
Hornady makes them still NOT long ago, I bought one in 6.5 mm Short, that I set up to do my 6.5 Grendal with...but set it up last week to neck size the 6.5 NeedMore.
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I find reloading about as entertaining as watching paint dry. I lubed, resized, cleaned, trimmed, chamfered, deburred, cleaned primer pockets and reprimed 50 pieces of .243 brass yesterday. It's more than tedious enough without screwing around with range brass. I'd rather shut my thumb in a car door than be forced to load 3000 rds. a year.
I know that last sentence was directed at me but thats why some if us can shoot LR Hunting and some cant.
I find reloading about as entertaining as watching paint dry. I lubed, resized, cleaned, trimmed, chamfered, deburred, cleaned primer pockets and reprimed 50 pieces of .243 brass yesterday. It's more than tedious enough without screwing around with range brass. I'd rather shut my thumb in a car door than be forced to load 3000 rds. a year.
I know that last sentence was directed at me but thats why some if us can shoot LR Hunting and some cant.
Long range is not an option where I do my hunting. Like I said, I practice offhand because that's how I shoot 98% of my deer. Most of that practice is done with rimfire rifles and more than 3000 rds. a year are expended. That's why some of us can shoot offhand and some can't.
For those of you who segregate 223/5.56 range brass in particular, what criteria do you have when you sort by weight? I’m thinking it should be no more than +/- .5 grains of each other. What have you guys found to be the best? On little .22 cases like the .222, 223, etc. I see a lot of variance in velocity between cases that weigh 2-3 grains more than others…….
That wasnt the results I got. 4 fps difference between exact case weights and random weights. The random weights ~9 grains actually out shot the exact weights. Weight sorting is a waste of time.
That’s interesting! Anybody else get the same results? I don’t know, maybe my chronograph is the variable or the TAC/H-335 powders?? Each powder was used during the same session so I don’t think it was a temp factor.
Here's Hornady,s take on weighing brass, whole podcast is good but specifically listen from 5-8 min section. Episode #121
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I'm just trying to get more consistent neck tension. Especially on bullets that are not crimped.
kwg
My method:
Anneal Bushing Die, with a bushing matched to brass thickness with bullet seated. I use FL Bushing dies, set to achieve desired "bump". Expander mandrel
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I find reloading about as entertaining as watching paint dry. I lubed, resized, cleaned, trimmed, chamfered, deburred, cleaned primer pockets and reprimed 50 pieces of .243 brass yesterday. It's more than tedious enough without screwing around with range brass. I'd rather shut my thumb in a car door than be forced to load 3000 rds. a year.
I know that last sentence was directed at me but thats why some if us can shoot LR Hunting and some cant.
Long range is not an option where I do my hunting. Like I said, I practice offhand because that's how I shoot 98% of my deer. Most of that practice is done with rimfire rifles and more than 3000 rds. a year are expended. That's why some of us can shoot offhand and some can't.
Theres trolls and people who just like to stir [bleep] up and you fit in both categories. You assume alot and I suppose your gonna tell us you shoot 300, 400, 500 etc off hand 98% of the time
I headstamp sort and trim. Anything that is visibly shorter than spec gets tossed, but I’m mostly shooting bolt guns so I’m asking for a touch more accuracy
I find reloading about as entertaining as watching paint dry. I lubed, resized, cleaned, trimmed, chamfered, deburred, cleaned primer pockets and reprimed 50 pieces of .243 brass yesterday. It's more than tedious enough without screwing around with range brass. I'd rather shut my thumb in a car door than be forced to load 3000 rds. a year.
I know that last sentence was directed at me but thats why some if us can shoot LR Hunting and some cant.
Long range is not an option where I do my hunting. Like I said, I practice offhand because that's how I shoot 98% of my deer. Most of that practice is done with rimfire rifles and more than 3000 rds. a year are expended. That's why some of us can shoot offhand and some can't.
Theres trolls and people who just like to stir [bleep] up and you fit in both categories. You assume alot and I suppose your gonna tell us you shoot 300, 400, 500 etc off hand 98% of the time
Then there's retards like you who score zero in reading comprehension.
