Case Neck Reaming
Quote from Reloader on November 22, 2009, 6:44 pmI am somewhat new to reloading and recently purchased a Dillon 550 press. I was talking to my father in law who reloads with a single stage press and was discussing the importance of case neck reaming for rifle cases. I am using Dillon Dies on my press.
My case preparation consists of clean, deprime and resize, trim to length if necessary and deburr the inside and outside of the case.
I haven't to date did any neck reaming. Can anyone explain the importance of neck reaming or it's necessity and how it is accomplished? Thank You.
I am somewhat new to reloading and recently purchased a Dillon 550 press. I was talking to my father in law who reloads with a single stage press and was discussing the importance of case neck reaming for rifle cases. I am using Dillon Dies on my press.
My case preparation consists of clean, deprime and resize, trim to length if necessary and deburr the inside and outside of the case.
I haven't to date did any neck reaming. Can anyone explain the importance of neck reaming or it's necessity and how it is accomplished? Thank You.
Quote from Reloader on November 23, 2009, 4:16 amI suggest you ask for one or two of the many good reloading books from Santa. The family know what to get you for Christmas now (or some other holiday during this time frame. 🙂 ).
To neck ream is a personal choice and how precise a shot you need, the quality of the case used, how many times you are trying to stretch a case (get the pun 🙂 ), etc.
Personally for my highly precise reloading I buy quality cases and only shoot them a few time (once to get them form fitted to the firearm, next couple of time for quality, one time trimming and then a few times for practice, then dump them.
For items like 223 I make sure I keep the cases in lots, track the number o time they are reloaded, trim once when needed, few more times and then dump/recycle them.
Have a load of fun and be safe.
www.blountshooting.com
I suggest you ask for one or two of the many good reloading books from Santa. The family know what to get you for Christmas now (or some other holiday during this time frame. 🙂 ).
To neck ream is a personal choice and how precise a shot you need, the quality of the case used, how many times you are trying to stretch a case (get the pun 🙂 ), etc.
Personally for my highly precise reloading I buy quality cases and only shoot them a few time (once to get them form fitted to the firearm, next couple of time for quality, one time trimming and then a few times for practice, then dump them.
For items like 223 I make sure I keep the cases in lots, track the number o time they are reloaded, trim once when needed, few more times and then dump/recycle them.
Have a load of fun and be safe.
http://www.blountshooting.com
Quote from Reloader on November 23, 2009, 2:41 pmAre you sure he isn't talking about case trimming? Neck reaming is typically done only for benchrest shooting, where chambers are tight enough that cases won't fit into the chamber unless the necks are reduced in diameter.
Bottleneck cases require trimming for length typically every two or three firings.
Are you sure he isn't talking about case trimming? Neck reaming is typically done only for benchrest shooting, where chambers are tight enough that cases won't fit into the chamber unless the necks are reduced in diameter.
Bottleneck cases require trimming for length typically every two or three firings.