milsurpguy
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Been working on some 30-30 loads. Got them down to about 1 moa with rcbs 2 FL die set I bought used 20 years ago. The next logical step is get a bushing neck sizing die or collet die. My problem now is most of the brass I have is remington. The problem with remington brass is I get a variance of neck diameter on loaded rounds by as much as 5 thousands of an inch and collet or bushing neck die would be pretty useless.
So neck tension is all over the place real bad.
I have a neck turning rig set up for 6.5mm, so all I have to do is buy one little part, the neck auger and I can do 30cal.
My 30-30 brass pile is growing.
I could largely eliminate this problem just buying hornady brass. Haha yeah right. I'm stuck with remington till well after the plandemic is well over. The hornady brass is obtainable at gouge prices, or as loaded ammo also being sold at gouge prices. So the 30cal auger is the cheap option.
I always turned 6.5 necks unless I fired factory ammo, and always reloaded with a full redding neck bushing die. And I never tested it, just always did it, now no new brass on hand, all the 6.5 necks are turned, because ammo shortage.
How big of a difference can turning necks and going to a neck bushing die really make?
So neck tension is all over the place real bad.
I have a neck turning rig set up for 6.5mm, so all I have to do is buy one little part, the neck auger and I can do 30cal.
My 30-30 brass pile is growing.
I could largely eliminate this problem just buying hornady brass. Haha yeah right. I'm stuck with remington till well after the plandemic is well over. The hornady brass is obtainable at gouge prices, or as loaded ammo also being sold at gouge prices. So the 30cal auger is the cheap option.
I always turned 6.5 necks unless I fired factory ammo, and always reloaded with a full redding neck bushing die. And I never tested it, just always did it, now no new brass on hand, all the 6.5 necks are turned, because ammo shortage.
How big of a difference can turning necks and going to a neck bushing die really make?