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Reloading
Stop neck sizing your brass!!!
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<blockquote data-quote="Greyfox" data-source="post: 1405353" data-attributes="member: 10291"><p>While the choice of method and the debate about which is best is interesting and could go on forever, I think that the single most important practice required whether you choose to NS or FL size(or any of the other variables associated with developing a load) for a particular rifle is to establish the a relevant, performance based "<strong>specification"</strong>. For example, the spec for one of my 6.5x284's used for LR medium game hunting for the past 7 seasons is:</p><p> <strong>140 VLD @ 2975FPS, ES <12FPS, .25MOA-.4MOA@200 yards, <.5MOA@1000yards: zero@ cold/warm bore, minimum 60rounds. .</strong></p><p>This particular rifle/load spec isn't that much different from my other LR hunters but underlying methods and components may vary. The general idea of setting a specification is applied to all my firearms/applications. This particular rifle uses neck sized Lapua Brass 1-3x fired, then body sized .001-.002", then back to Neck sizing. I also made life a bit easier by acquiring sufficient "same lot" components when I completed my original load work...enough for 1000+ loads. My other two 6.5x284's show no difference in NS vs FL, so I chose FL sizing for simplicity. I will, at the beginning of each hunting season confirm that my rifle/load is meeting the its specification. So far with the above rifle, after 7 seasons and approaching 1000 rounds, it has, and I suspect that it will until the barrel finally gives out......as indicated by no longer meeting it's specification.</p><p></p><p>"First be effective, then devise ways to be efficient"</p><p>-R.Sloma</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Greyfox, post: 1405353, member: 10291"] While the choice of method and the debate about which is best is interesting and could go on forever, I think that the single most important practice required whether you choose to NS or FL size(or any of the other variables associated with developing a load) for a particular rifle is to establish the a relevant, performance based “[B]specification”[/B]. For example, the spec for one of my 6.5x284’s used for LR medium game hunting for the past 7 seasons is: [B]140 VLD @ 2975FPS, ES <12FPS, .25MOA-.4MOA@200 yards, <.5MOA@1000yards: zero@ cold/warm bore, minimum 60rounds. .[/B] This particular rifle/load spec isn’t that much different from my other LR hunters but underlying methods and components may vary. The general idea of setting a specification is applied to all my firearms/applications. This particular rifle uses neck sized Lapua Brass 1-3x fired, then body sized .001-.002”, then back to Neck sizing. I also made life a bit easier by acquiring sufficient “same lot” components when I completed my original load work...enough for 1000+ loads. My other two 6.5x284’s show no difference in NS vs FL, so I chose FL sizing for simplicity. I will, at the beginning of each hunting season confirm that my rifle/load is meeting the its specification. So far with the above rifle, after 7 seasons and approaching 1000 rounds, it has, and I suspect that it will until the barrel finally gives out......as indicated by no longer meeting it’s specification. “First be effective, then devise ways to be efficient” -R.Sloma [/QUOTE]
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