Neck sizing ?

[JeffreyDeGraff]

As long as you are using the same brass in the same bolt action gun neck sizing is ideal. The lee collet neck sizing dies are the best out there for neck sizing. I load a lot of old military calibers and this is the best way to keep the brass living a long life. If a couple rounds start getting hard to load I full length size the whole lot of brass. Usually that is after 5 to 8 neck sizings.

I also neck size everything, until it needs to be full length sized. It’s worked well for me through the years. My brass life is good, unless I’ve hammered the brass with high pressure loads. I can’t compare what I do with full length sizing every time, because I’ve always done it this way. But like with everything, there is more than one way to skin a cat, so figure out what works best for you and stick with it.


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[JeffreyDeGraff]

For me I started reloading for two reasons. Less money and better accuracy. I've been doing it since 1996. No I don't know everything or been loading as long as some. To this day i won't use a powder measure for my rifle. I still weigh every load. I want them to stack the bullets if i can do my part. At this point i don't care if it coated more to reload than buy factory ammo. I want the accuracy.

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EUDE, you should try loading some rifle rounds with your powder measure. I weighed each and every rifle round for years and years. My good buddy used to weigh his test loads, but throw powder after that. His guns shot just as well as mine. So one day I decided to do a test. I had a 220swift that was a half inch rifle, and I loaded 10 rounds by weighing each powder charge, and 10 with the powder charge straight from the powder measure. I went to the range and shot 4, 5 shot groups. I couldn’t tell a difference. I also have a .308winchester that I never weighed a single charge on. I found where the settings were, using varget, for minimum and maximum powder charges and loaded all of my test rounds between those two settings. That 308 is a sub 3/8” Rifle. Sorry for the long post, and off topic, but just wanted to share my experiences.


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[brhudson]

I have done both. Where I am using a bolt action rifle in one caliber for target or varmint, I still neck size. I don't for big game anymore, especially since my son and I shoot the same caliber (30-06).

I have found some gains in my 25-06 with precision neck sized loads of about a 1/4" versus FL. For deer rounds, I stopped though as sometimes these feel a bit tight on bolt close and I want to cycle the bolt quickly in this case.