Wasted some more money on Neck Turners

I felt the need to waste some more money on high quality sinclair gear. Got me a Neck Turning kit 1000, and neck guauge to see if I even needed to turn.

As usual, very nice peice of equipment. As usual, very expensive.

I notice the neck thickness varys greatly on 300RUM remington brass fired three times (.005") compared to remington 308Win brass fired 4 times (.002"-.003").

I bet this has always been my issue with brass fired over twice with 300RUM. I always considered it to be neck tension. But I bet thats not entirely the case now.

[oldelkhunter]

Man you have too much time on your hands if your turning necks..

[Solitary Man]

I bought the K&M neck turning tool a couple of years ago myself. I love quality tools whether it be reloading tools, woodworking tools or whatever and Sinclair makes some of the best. Plus, they're great people to deal with.

BTW, my K&M has been sitting in the back of my drawer gathering dust for about the last year. For me, neck turning just wasn't worth the effort. Sorting new brass by neck thickness to begin with is a better idea I think for us average guys because if you have a neck thats thicker on one side than the other, there's an excellent chance the entire case is lopsided. I don't always sort new brass (depends on the accuracy potential of the rifle it's going to be used in), but when I do, I use the ones with a neck thickness variation of .001" or less for the loads I'm trying to get maximum accuracy from. I've found that Lapua, Norma and RWS brass tend to be more uniform on average than other brands.

[handloader1]

After turning your necks, you will see your cartridge concentricity almost diminish which will give you better accuracy.

I loaded 50 7mm STW rounds using 8mm Rem. Mag. brass. to break in my rifle. My cartridge runout was .005". The other 50 rounds I turned the necks and reamed inside the case mouths, and my runout diminished to .002" to 0". I haven't had a chance to get to the range, but turning necks has increased my accuracy in my other firearms.

Good luck.

[HighDesertWolf]

I dont run into that problem with remington brass

Well, your the first I have met that hasn't. Sounds like you found your brand of choice. Do you reload for the 300RUM? What is your neck thickness of remington brass for various cartridges?