Post your most USELESS piece of reloading equipment….

[rwj]

I love competitors who neck size!…..
Wayne

Having started reloading for semi-auto pistols, one always inspected every round in a case gauge to ensure it would properly chamber. Why can’t the same be done with rifle rounds if the gauge is made with the chamber reamer?

I’m not against full length sizing each firing, but why perform if not required? Is there an advantage to every case being dimensionally the same (internal volume) regardless of chamber fit? Alternately, is it better for cases to more closely match the chamber?

 

[60723]

K&M chamfering tool. Great idea but doesn’t work for me.

 

[jr600yd]

Hard to pick one. I’ve got a box of stuff called the STDW box (Shit That Don’t Work)

 

[Dave M.]

Having started reloading for semi-auto pistols, one always inspected every round in a case gauge to ensure it would properly chamber. Why can’t the same be done with rifle rounds if the gauge is made with the chamber reamer?

I’m not against full length sizing each firing, but why perform if not required? Is there an advantage to every case being dimensionally the same (internal volume) regardless of chamber fit? Alternately, is it better for cases to more closely match the chamber?

Neck size your brass and go compete at 1000 yards and you tell me what you find.
Dave

 

[rwj]

Neck size your brass and go compete at 1000 yards and you tell me what you find.
Dave

Regretfully, the nearest 1000 yard range is hours of driving away I’m not promoting nor discouraging either approach… simply asking.

 

[Dave M.]

Regretfully, the nearest 1000 yard range is hours of driving away I’m not promoting nor discouraging either approach… simply asking.

400-600 yards should work too. Neck sizing is old school and has been proven many times over to be less accurate. The best strategy is to full length size with a custom die made to match your chamber. That way you only size the body ever so slightly smaller than the chamber. If you only neck size, eventually you will not be able to chamber your rounds.
Dave

 

[Clark]

Load books

 

[Chubbs]

400-600 yards should work too. Neck sizing is old school and has been proven many times over to be less accurate. The best strategy is to full length size with a custom die made to match your chamber. That way you only size the body ever so slightly smaller than the chamber. If you only neck size, eventually you will not be able to chamber your rounds.
Dave

Whilst I am not getting into the neck sizing only argument. How many firings is eventually. I have 12 firings on my Lapua .260 Rem brass and it still loads smoothly without ant tight spots. This is with using Lee Collet Dies.

 

[Beiruty]

Load books

More so after I got my hands on GRTools.

 

[Clark]

60 load books on the right and all not used by me for 20 years.
Gunsmithing books on the left, and they get used.

 

[Dave M.]

Whilst I am not getting into the neck sizing only argument. How many firings is eventually. I have 12 firings on my Lapua .260 Rem brass and it still loads smoothly without ant tight spots. This is with using Lee Collet Dies.

Honestly, it’s really impossible to say because there are too many factors to predict when you will begin to see problems….but you will, for sure.

 

[danny]

What on Earth was in that video that made you want to neck size?

Attitude.

Danny

 

[p5200]

I’m sorry for you lol
Wayne

Yeah, it's been in a drawer for about 7 years. It will probably still be there the day I check out and some greedy relative will scarf it up thinking they really got something good haha!

 

[Dave M.]

Attitude.

Danny

So if I understand you correctly Danny, you want to neck size just to prove him wrong?? Why not just let the targets make the decision for you?? If neck sizing is better for your setup then I encourage you to use it, but don’t implement a process strictly because you don’t like the message made by the obverse view.
Dave