Neck tension

[WIB3]

The key is to seat very slow and apply increasing pressure on the handle until you feel the seating stem hit the top of the die. Use a fine tip marker and write the results on the case. Lay them all out and pick the 10 that are the closest.

 

[quest450]

Thanks WIB3, not sure I wanna spend two bills on an electronic gauge but I found this el cheapo on amazon

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07CXM3ZGT/?tag=accuratescom-20

 

[cw308]

Neck tension .
I'm using 3 different brands of brass , all on the thick side . I wet tumble so my brass is spotless , when I seat using dry neck lube seating was smoother but not the same feel on seating . I have a cleaning brush locked up in my drill press wrapped in 0000 steel wool , a few up and down passes to polish the case inside and using the dry lube all the cases seat with the same exact feel . Will test this weekend to see if it makes a difference.

 

[memilanuk]

Will test this weekend to see if it makes a difference.

Probably mostly in your head

 

[cw308]

milanuk
Well Mr know it all , I guess there's no sense in trying . Should have asked you first . I'll remember your name , thanks for answering.

Chris

 

[memilanuk]

Chris,

I think you took that entirely outside of how it was meant.

There's any number of things that 'we' (shooters) do that probably don't matter quite as much as we convince ourselves that they do. And I very much include myself in that demographic - always chasing the "better mouse trap", as the saying goes.

Carry on. Good luck with your testing.

 

[JFrank]

i think i am going to try the nylon brush thing. i don't often tumble and i need to 'decouple' inconsistent neck tension, vertical groups, smoked necks at moderate pressure, and bench manners.

i tend to shoot bullets on the light (short) end of the spectrum so sometimes i don't have a lot of shank in the neck. the good news is: donuts are not a problem.

That nylon spinning brush on my little prep center thing does a pretty good job and certainly makes a noticeable difference in seating pressure , for myself anyway.

 

[ckaberna]

cleverly worded, and likely true

And likely by an “engineer”. When testing is completed the barrel is completely shot out so now we start over.

 

[ckaberna]

In my opinion, CONSISTENCY is the key, if thicknesses of the necks are the same and all bullet prep is identically the same, this is about as good as we can hope for. While seating, if on feels like it takes more or less pressure than average use it for something else.

 

[cw308]

milanuk
Thanks for getting back , haven't talked to you before , sorry for the misunderstanding . Be Well.

Chris

 

[KMart]

And likely by an “engineer”. When testing is completed the barrel is completely shot out so now we start over.

Chop house posted in reference to my statement. I am not and have never been an "engineer". I know very little about trains, except for the fact that they are usually blocking the road when I want to go somewhere.

 

[varget204]

Saddam Hussein's cat prefers that little extra bit of neck tension.

That's AWESOME