What about those who dont?

[avidflyer]

Been a lot of talk about brushing necks and lubing necks. What about those who don't? Recently I've been depriming, cleaning pockets, tumbling then a wipe down, anneal, and then size. Seem to be seating pretty smooth.

 

[luckeeshot]

does annealing knock down excessive build up in necks ?

 

[Alex Wheeler]

Annealing can make them seat pretty nasty sometimes if you dont brush after

Sometimes we worry too much about what we think is better, rather than just listening to the targets. If its shooting its best your doing what it wants.

 

[cw308]

Never tried heat or neck turning , everything else though . Bushing dies to play with neck tension , runout was poor . Neck , full an partial size . Dry tumble now wet with SS Pins . What works for me is to full size .0015 from bolt face to datum line with a standard RCBS die with expander ball ,lightly coat the inside of the necks with Imperial dry lube .

 

[Peebles24]

Never tried heat or neck turning , everything else though . Bushing dies to play with neck tension , runout was poor . Neck , full an partial size . Dry tumble now wet with SS Pins . What works for me is to full size .0015 from bolt face to datum line with a standard RCBS die with expander ball ,lightly coat the inside of the necks with Imperial dry lube .

I dont think using a bushing die will work well without turning necks to a consistent thickness. I may be wrong, but you buy a bushing for bullet diameter plus two exact wall thicknesses minus 2 to 4 thousands to provide tension. If your neck wall thickness is not consistent all the way around you wont have consistent tension and i could see having runout issues.

To OP my brushes and mica just came in, i am looking for the utmost in consistency from round to round.

 

[PatMiles]

I brush the neck ID with a nylon brush, once in and out. Prior to seating the bullet I swab the inside of the neck with powdered molybdenum on a Q-tip. Bullets seat very smoothly and very consistently.

 

[Someoldguy]

What about those who don't:

Weigh every charge?

Sort bullets?

Anneal every firing?

Weigh sort brass?

Weigh sort primers?

Brush necks?

Deburr necks?

Tumble brass?

Sacrifice a chicken?

Wait, . . . . What?

 

[memilanuk]

Sacrifice a chicken?

Have to make sure you use a *virgin* chicken, and do the deed under a blood moon for optimal results.

 

[Someoldguy]

Have to make sure you use a *virgin* chicken, and do the deed under a blood moon for optimal results.

Dang. I'm always forgettin' somethin'.

 

[K22]

I don't:

- weight cases or bullets or sort bullets - that would drive me mad!
- anneal - never saw a need for it but what do I know, I'm not an "expert".
- sacrifice chickens although if it can prove to be helpful I'll try it.
- shoot off the bench unless I'm doing load development or performing the initial scope sight in to get on paper.

I do:

- weigh each charge since I use stick powders that don't meter very uniformly.
- debur necks after trimming for obvious reasons.
- tumble brass because I like to send clean cases through my dies.

I try to:

- not be too anal and listen to the latest assertions in gun magazines or on the internet.
- constantly improve my field shooting skills although at my age it's a challenge.
- go ghog hunting as much as my wife will let me.
- practice with purpose - every shot counts - no excuses.

 

[Drop Port]

I don't:

- weight cases or bullets or sort bullets - that would drive me mad!
- anneal - never saw a need for it but what do I know, I'm not an "expert".
- sacrifice chickens although if it can prove to be helpful I'll try it.
- shoot off the bench unless I'm doing load development or performing the initial scope sight in to get on paper.

I do:

- weigh each charge since I use stick powders that don't meter very uniformly.
- debur necks after trimming for obvious reasons.
- tumble brass because I like to send clean cases through my dies.

I try to:

- not be too anal and listen to the latest assertions in gun magazines or on the internet.
- constantly improve my field shooting skills although at my age it's a challenge.
- go ghog hunting as much as my wife will let me.
- practice with purpose - every shot counts - no excuses.

If it works for you that's what matters. I would add, with the money you save you can put it towards quality beer! If your wife lets you.

 

[mikecr]

I dont think using a bushing die will work well without turning necks to a consistent thickness. I may be wrong,

Bushing downsizing, with expansion, works just fine, even with thickness variance.

Been a lot of talk about brushing necks and lubing necks. What about those who don't? Recently I've been depriming, cleaning pockets, tumbling then a wipe down, anneal, and then size. Seem to be seating pretty smooth.

Nothing wrong with this. I wipe cases first (fast as possible) while carbon is easiest to remove. I anneal pre-fire-forming, and only very rarely afterwards. No need for it with my chambers, and I don't like to mung up the carbon layer in necks. When I do it's dip annealing.

 

[avidflyer]

Have to make sure you use a *virgin* chicken, and do the deed under a blood moon for optimal results.

no no no thats for bore cleaner not the necks..... at least that what I've been told