I have seen that Lapua thread reposted so many times I have it almost to memory. Few key points in there to pull out. One - that he's never neck sized so really is just stating his bias and that of his predecessor. Two - that he needed the bullets to be shot out of several different guns, obviously not going to neck size then. Three - that he was working with very accurate guns and if they did not shoot 1/2" moa they didn't try to load to it they just got a different barrel put on it.
Most of use change methodologies, components, volumes and measurements first before scrapping the barrel...
I'm thinking rat turd in a violin case is a bit extreme, but you should bump the shoulders from time to time...
Got to say your comments show a complete ignorance of top level shooters and what it takes to get there and stay there.
He never said he has not NS. You assumed that and we all know how that goes. Are you saying you really believe a top level shooter just arbitrarily picks FL sizing without testing and nothing else? Do you sell used cars too?
When one of their guns goes past 1/2 MOA is is on the short run to going out during the middle of a match. They pull it off and put a fresh one one to avoid that. Most people never shoot a barrel until it goes and do not realize there is a very short span from shooting well to groups opening big time. I have seen it happen in the middle of a match.
Same thing with cartridge reliability. They cannot afford a cartridge case to not chamber or hang up after firing. Think about that on a hunt too.
IF you notice his wording, "IF done properly, FL sizing...". Most do not know how to do it and their dies do not match the chamber or they incorrectly set them up.
As, for multiple rifles, most top level shooters use multiple die sets for different rifles. Or use shims to allow one set of dies to be correctly used for different rifles. Dies are cheap and just as easy to use one set of dies for each gun. Hint hint, keep the same shell holder in with that set of dies in the box.
It amazes me that people somehow think that brass cases IF NS'd somehow stay exactly the same dimensionally and THEN on some mysterious day just magically expand for no reason and become tighter on that one day. No they have been changing all along.
Your case will change dimensionally everytime you fire it and it is work hardening. IF you are a serious accuracy buff or LR hunter, then you FL size every time and anneal. That allows consistent case sizes and neck tensions.
FYI, Sierra shots a 10 shot group from each lot in a tunnel with one standard load for each caliber and if it does not do .5, the whole lot is scrapped and sold as 2nds. I have been there and seen the groups.
As for the thread being posted so long, about time you listen and try it.
