Neck Turning
- Thread starter Barlow
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Just got done with 101 6.5x47 lapua cases.. yeah it sucks.. I hate cleaning up primer pockets more though.
How long did it take? BarlowI just finished 200 cases for a 30br yesterday. I started to not like it. I still have to trim them to length because my Forster finally got too dull to work. New shaft is on it's way. Then chamfer and deburr.
eric n
Silver $$ Contributor
Are you insane?
I'll make you a deal... I'll do all your primer pockets if you turn all my necks.
How deep you want them? Lol.
Neck turning I use a drill.. primer pockets i do by hand to feel it better...
joshb
Gold $$ Contributor
I was trying not to watch the clock but my guess would be 5-6 hours. I had to stop a few times for "honey do's".
I like it because of the results (from 1" to one hole) on some of my rifles. K&M makes a good turner kit. I turned 20 last night in less than 2 hours.
My biggest problem is I don't neck turn very often, and I have to retrain myself every time. The fit of the case on the mandrel is very critical. As close as I can measure it appears that about .0005 clearance works best, which by the help of my K&M mandrel worked out. This was on my 257AI with WW brass. I picked up 100 new Remington cases awhile ago, and a quick check of a few of them was not good. I use a ball mic to measure thickness, but last night I tried my RCBS Case Master to compare. The Case Master measured + .001 difference than the ball mic, but they were very consistent +- .0005. I'm sure there are better tools to use, but I'm not going there. Barlow
joshb
Gold $$ Contributor
I agree. I have to reread the instructions, try to remember the little tricks and set the turner up for the new cartridge. I typically turn 200 cases for each gun so I don't have to do more for a long time. Usually, I get a new gun in a new cartridge before I have to turn more brass for the last gun. I have tried to buy the used brass with a used gun before, but that has snookered me a few times. Sometimes it works out ok but it's a crap shoot. The time it takes, the record keeping and just the storage issues have definitely slowed my "gun purchasing" urge. I'll admit that I had a 223 barrel spun up with a no-turn neck. I'm sure I'll skim in the future but it's a relief knowing I don't have to.
P1ZombieKiller
Silver $$ Contributor
Here is a good alternative. http://www.p1zk.com/30br.html
KMart
Gold $$ Contributor
You certainly won't get tendonitis by doing it this way. And I get them from Wes in about the same length of time as it takes me to do it.
I have to chain myself to the chair and get my wife to flog me to get it done. She doesn't mind the extra work at all.
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If you have the basic K&M turner, a couple add-ons will help. A pilot jack makes it easy to set the length of the cut. And a dial indicator lets you see the neck thickness and low areas.
Still, I wish there was a better way to set the cutting depth. You can start light with the cutter bumping an unturned case and keep setting the cutter a little at a time until you get to the desired depth. Also, you may want to keep some old junk unturned cases for setup work. On most cases, I make the cut in one pass taking 5-6 seconds to slowly feed in one direction, then nearly as long pulling it out using a slow speed on a drill. If I get a lot of cases that don't clean up enough, I'll run them all usually a .014", then reset and run them a second time. Some I've had to cut to .012" to get them to cut nearly all the way around.
Still, I wish there was a better way to set the cutting depth. You can start light with the cutter bumping an unturned case and keep setting the cutter a little at a time until you get to the desired depth. Also, you may want to keep some old junk unturned cases for setup work. On most cases, I make the cut in one pass taking 5-6 seconds to slowly feed in one direction, then nearly as long pulling it out using a slow speed on a drill. If I get a lot of cases that don't clean up enough, I'll run them all usually a .014", then reset and run them a second time. Some I've had to cut to .012" to get them to cut nearly all the way around.
R.Morehouse
Gold $$ Contributor
I find it kind of relaxing using the Benchrite case lathe.
Am I the I my person the planet that enjoys it?
Yes.
Now that's funny! Next time I'll try it. Barlow
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