ORIGINAL: rynigner
Do you guys do full length resizing or just resize the necks when reloading? I have read through a couple of manuals and they both touch the subject but don't really say yay or nay either way. I have the means to do both. I'm shooting a bolt action rifle andthe cases have only been fired in my rifle and will only be fired in my rifle. Just wanted to see what you guys do and why? Thanks...
I test all once-fired cases in the chamber of the rifle they will be used in next before I do anything to them. This test tells me how much resizing, if any, is going to be required for each one. IF they all chamber and let me close the bolt with relative ease, I just resize the necks enough to hold the new bullet (one bullet diameter down the neck). Some, on the other hand, will need an FL resizing. Mostly, this applies to cases fired in a different rifle, but sometimes an older case needs to be shaped up some as well.
The LESS you work your brass, the longer it will last!