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took once fired brass, ran a bit of never dull around the neck, wiped it down with a paper towel, ran a neck reamer through it to get rid of any excess carbon, trimmed it so it was all a consistent length and went to do some load testing http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/9623/dsc00256oj.th.jpg http...

39 Gr SBK with 24.5 gr of RL10 and 32 GR SBK loaded with 25.5 of RL10x. Hornady cases, CCI BR primers 26 inch Criterion barrel 11 twist on a savage 10 action

The carbon residue left in the case neck acts as a lubricant, which directly affects neck tension. Unless you can measure and adjust the leftover lubricity to a uniform level, leaving the carbon will make your neck tension variable, which will affect accuracy. Regardless whether you tumble, in the ...

I like that idea myself. I have three or four funnels on my bench and was using a Lyman which worked the best but I had to tap the sides to get the last few granules in. I just cut off a 223 and used a tapered drift punch to flare the neck a little and works like charm with any of my other funnels n...

Not trying to start a war either but I quit tumbling also. On my bolt guns the cases rarely ever hit the ground. Just getting into the 204 but on my 308 F class ammo I use a bit of neverdull on the neck area, wipe the cases off with a paper towell, trim to length on a Wilson trimmer, run a neck ream...

since sometimes the extra weight is in the base weighing is not always effective. What you want to measure is volume, but the old school water method is a pain. Try this instead. Use fine grained powder like TAC, fill a case all the way to the top then dump it into your powder funnel and then into t...

from what I have read a 12 twist is good up to 40 gr, Berger recommends a 9 twist for their 50 and 55's