Prepping some fire formed Lapua .308 brass today. Happy Easter!

[NF1E]

Doing some brass prep today myself. No tumbling being done until after 5 or 10 loadings. Brass .308 200 cases is Lapua that was neck turned for truing only then fire formed to the chamber. Today annealing, sizing neck and should bump to .001 and then trimming, setting neck tension with mandrel, primer pockets K&M uniformed. I do enjoy this stuff on a rainy day. When this is all set I will be loading 115gn Berger flat base target bullets over 46 gn of Varget set off with 205M primers. This is my sub 1/4 moa ammo. Has been running at 3025 fps out of a 26" X-Caliber SS 1-10 bull barrel. Whatta Hobby!

 

[NF1E]

Before anyone asks, Brass never hits the dirt and I can't see where tumbling would be a benefit early on. Just a choice with these batches. I do normally tumble and anneal for each loading but these are test batches I am doing a couple of things on. Also have batches of new Alpha , Peterson and Starline in the test for the halibut. Looking, for myself, just to see if carbon in the case makes any difference in any of the monitored data. Lots of time on my hands in retardedment and enjoy answering some of the questions that have entered my small mind over the years. Whatta Hobby!

 

[ONE-TEN]

Now THAT is some serious Brass prep! I don’t go all out like that with my Brass. Especially not my Lapua. But accuracy ant what it used to a been. I hear ya though. I do enjoy reloading procedures as well. I find it quite relaxing. And I’m never in a hurry.

 

[CFJunkie]

What kind of seating depths are you using for your 115 gr Bergers.

 

[NF1E]

What kind of seating depths are you using for your 115 gr Bergers.

.010 off works for me but these bullets don't seem particularly fussy about depth.

 

[Creeker]

Which tool are you using to turn necks?

 

[ONE-TEN]

Which tool are you using to turn necks?

He mentioned “Primer pockets K&B uniformed”, I’m wondering if he meant the K&M Uniformer? K&M makes a neck turning tool.

 

[NF1E]

Hornady tool for turning necks and K&M for primer pocktets. Corrected on earlier post OOPS. Whatta Hobby!

 

[Creeker]

Thank ye much.

 

[ONE-TEN]

Ahh, that’ll get’r done