While letting barrels cool down at the range the other day a conversation started about Neck Tension.
If anyone has ever read Richard Lee's "2nd Edition" they've probably read where he stated a bullet should have adequate neck tension, and perhaps a crimp as well, to delay it's start down the barrel. This all to allow the powder to have uniform ignition.
The conversation centered on this statement and the pretty wide-spread practice of just using 1-2 "thous" of neck tension with no crimp.
Many people shoot with bullets in the lands so I can see where this may provide the necessary delay for powder ignition but what about those that shoot with a "jump" like most everyone who shoots a factory Remington has to
? What if one was to just size his brass for 3-4 "thous" of neck tension and then seat the bullet firmly. If R. Lee is correct this would yield pretty much the same neck tension as a brass case neck won't gain much more "tension" than .003" anyway due to it's stretching with the bullet being inserted.
If the "game" is all about uniform neck tension wouldn't this do so? If not, why?
If anyone has ever read Richard Lee's "2nd Edition" they've probably read where he stated a bullet should have adequate neck tension, and perhaps a crimp as well, to delay it's start down the barrel. This all to allow the powder to have uniform ignition.
The conversation centered on this statement and the pretty wide-spread practice of just using 1-2 "thous" of neck tension with no crimp.
Many people shoot with bullets in the lands so I can see where this may provide the necessary delay for powder ignition but what about those that shoot with a "jump" like most everyone who shoots a factory Remington has to

If the "game" is all about uniform neck tension wouldn't this do so? If not, why?