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<blockquote data-quote="MontanaRifleman" data-source="post: 327096" data-attributes="member: 11717"><p>Tank had a lot of good stuff in his post and until recently I thought the same way he did about neck sizing only. There are a lot of differnt opinions on this and you should take some time a search through the articles and threads in these forums. There is a ton of very good informatuion and different perspectives. Anyway, I now body size and neck size (two different steps) for each reload. I back the body die off neough so it barely sizes the case body to barely fir the chamber for minimal work on the brass and minmal space between the case and chamber, in othor words a tight fit. I do this each time for consistancy because at some point, if you neck size only, the brass will swell enough from firng it will not chamber anymore, so you have to do a body size or FL size at that point which gives you a differnt case from the previous firing. This wont hurt case life because it's the necks and primer pockets that usually go first. In the neck sizing process, I only partial neck size, leaving a slight donut around the base of the neck. This helps align the case neck and bullet concentrically with the throat and bore. </p><p> </p><p>If you're going to be shooting more than 400 yds, turrets are a good way to go and with more extreme ranges 600-1000 they are almost a must. For LR shooting you would do well to have both turrets and a reticle graduted in MOA or Mil dots. I like MOA because it's very close to inches and makes range work very easy. Stay away from the BDC type reticles because chances are they wont fit your bullets trajectory. The BDC type turrets, like BOTW, can make LR shooting a lot quicker and easier but they do have their limitations because they are set for one load at one elevation and temperature and level shooting. For shooting out to 600-700 yds they are usually close enough when things change a little, but beyond that you're going to have to do some mental gymnastics if things change much on you. You should wait a while on that until you have a little better understanding and have a good load worked up. In the mean time get a standard MOA or Milrad turret. You will want one anyway with the BDC turret if you try a different load, etc. They swap out pretty quick. There are a few outfits that make them including Kenton Ind...</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.kentonindustries.com/pics/picbytype/" target="_blank">Picture Gallery</a></p><p> </p><p>To use turrets, you must have a scope that has precise, accurate and repeatable tracking. If it doesn't, it's just not going to work.</p><p> </p><p>Read up in the forums here on all the options scopes etc.</p><p> </p><p>Good shooting,</p><p> </p><p>Mark</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MontanaRifleman, post: 327096, member: 11717"] Tank had a lot of good stuff in his post and until recently I thought the same way he did about neck sizing only. There are a lot of differnt opinions on this and you should take some time a search through the articles and threads in these forums. There is a ton of very good informatuion and different perspectives. Anyway, I now body size and neck size (two different steps) for each reload. I back the body die off neough so it barely sizes the case body to barely fir the chamber for minimal work on the brass and minmal space between the case and chamber, in othor words a tight fit. I do this each time for consistancy because at some point, if you neck size only, the brass will swell enough from firng it will not chamber anymore, so you have to do a body size or FL size at that point which gives you a differnt case from the previous firing. This wont hurt case life because it's the necks and primer pockets that usually go first. In the neck sizing process, I only partial neck size, leaving a slight donut around the base of the neck. This helps align the case neck and bullet concentrically with the throat and bore. If you're going to be shooting more than 400 yds, turrets are a good way to go and with more extreme ranges 600-1000 they are almost a must. For LR shooting you would do well to have both turrets and a reticle graduted in MOA or Mil dots. I like MOA because it's very close to inches and makes range work very easy. Stay away from the BDC type reticles because chances are they wont fit your bullets trajectory. The BDC type turrets, like BOTW, can make LR shooting a lot quicker and easier but they do have their limitations because they are set for one load at one elevation and temperature and level shooting. For shooting out to 600-700 yds they are usually close enough when things change a little, but beyond that you're going to have to do some mental gymnastics if things change much on you. You should wait a while on that until you have a little better understanding and have a good load worked up. In the mean time get a standard MOA or Milrad turret. You will want one anyway with the BDC turret if you try a different load, etc. They swap out pretty quick. There are a few outfits that make them including Kenton Ind... [URL="http://www.kentonindustries.com/pics/picbytype/"]Picture Gallery[/URL] To use turrets, you must have a scope that has precise, accurate and repeatable tracking. If it doesn't, it's just not going to work. Read up in the forums here on all the options scopes etc. Good shooting, Mark [/QUOTE]
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