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Been reloading for a handful of years just doing the basic stuff. Usually get good results. I can get all my rifles shooting under an inch. Looking to up my game for long range shooting. Sounds like neck turning is something I should be doing to get more consistent loads. Never done it and only briefly read about it. I understand why it is important and plan on getting one. What do you guys recommend? Looking to start out with one for my 338 rum and will probably end up getting the extras to do other cal down the road. So what should I buy? Thanks
Quote from: bullcanyon on August 04, 2014, 11:14:26 AMBeen reloading for a handful of years just doing the basic stuff. Usually get good results. I can get all my rifles shooting under an inch. Looking to up my game for long range shooting. Sounds like neck turning is something I should be doing to get more consistent loads. Never done it and only briefly read about it. I understand why it is important and plan on getting one. What do you guys recommend? Looking to start out with one for my 338 rum and will probably end up getting the extras to do other cal down the road. So what should I buy? ThanksTake this for what it's worth but there are quite a few other things you can do to improve your reloads for long range shooting that will net you higher gains than neck turning. There's nothing really wrong with neck turning and if you want to spend the time and money to get equipped so you can neck turn cases, by all means, go for it. But, be prepared to see very little or no difference in your results, too.If you have a gun with a aftermarket barrel that the smith used a reamer that has a specific tight neck, there's a good chance you'll likely have to neck turn. Or, if you're starting with a parent case that has to be necked down multiple steps before it goes in your gun, depending on the neck dia. of your gun, there's a good chance you'll need to turn the necks.Again, if in your mind it will make a difference, that's all that matters and you should do it. Just don't let anyone tell you you're missing the boat or leaving a lot on the table because you aren't neck turning. Shawn Carlock, who owns Defensive Edge, builds some of the most bad azz long range shooting rifles you'll find. He also teaches some of the best long range shooting classes you could go to and he's also one of the finest long range and extended long range shooters you'll find. We were talking about different reloading theories and the importance we sometimes put on things that should be further down the list. Neck turning came up and his comments were nearly identical to those I had heard from other fine shooters and gunsmiths, that if you took whatever amount of time and money you put into necking turning and instead put that same time and money into actually shooting more, that you would see a bigger gain from more shooting than you would from turning necks.