Case neck turning.

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matt_brown

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Who else does it? What's your opinion on it? I don't feel like it gives me much more accuracy but I can't make myself stop lol. I have used the forster hand held tool for years but recently switched to the hornady tool that uses a cordless drill and man oh man is it nice.

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Re: Case neck turning.

I have recently read some work on case prep as regards neck tension and the effect on flyers in a group. I'm thinking that for one-hole 200 yard shooting neck turning may be necessary. And while many will say sub moa is plenty good enough to kill Mr. Deer that isn't the point. Really need Mr. Big and some other long-range shooters to chime in.
 
I'd be interested in everyone's thoughts on neck tenting also. I'm fixing to order a bushing for my 6.5x47 gold metal match rcbs dies.

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Re: Case neck turning.

I used to but since switching over to Lapua brass and Redding FL-S bushing size dies I have quit except for a couple bbls that have tight necks and have to turn for those,,
 
Re: Case neck turning.

Back when we still had groundhogs I used to turn the necks for my varmint rifles. 220 Swift, 22-250 and 22 CHeetah. It was required for the CHeetah as part of the case forming process. If you want to put a number on the benefit of neck turning, I always felt like neck turning maybe shrank groups .1 to .125 at 100 yards. If you are loading for a varmint rifle, or certainly for a true target rifle, it's worth it. For others however the benefit is very little for the trouble. I think I tried turning necks some for my 25-06 years ago but decided it was too much trouble for a deer rifle with my favorite Nosler Partition load that grouped only 1 1/4 moa anyhow.

I use the Forster turner also by the way. Not sure if it's the same one though as mine is the mini-lathe hand-crank style. When I think of a hand held neck turning tool I think of the kind where you truly hold the entire tool up in your hands.
 

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