Is lubing the neck really required?

Tokay444 said:

Nor you, apparently.
Probably why you don’t need to lube necks are anneal.

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Maurygold said:

I’ve shot mandrel, sizing button, no sizing button or mandrel. The truth is it doesn’t matter that much and the whidden/ sac FL is perfectly fine and much easier to use. Remember the more handling steps you add the more room for error and deviation there is.

If you arent already shooting 5-7 sd and trying to get to 1-4 you don’t need a mandrel, neck lube, annealer, moly, arbor dies, sort components or turn necks. And since this isn’t an f class or benchrest page the difference between 6 and 3 sd virtually zero under 1k yards.

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XLR308 said:

I take any and every advantage or edge I can get within reason to improve my reloads and results on target.
I am admittedly not a competition shooter but a very competitive person by nature of my OCD tendencies .
If I feel like a process as simple as an expander mandrel or turning arbor improves the consistency of my reloaded rifle rounds its worth the miniscule difference in my time spent adding the extra step.
I have loaded some stupid accurate rifle ammo over the years shot in sporter hunting rifles with minimal prep with mediocre dies and other less than premium equipment but once those are compared to well prepped brass and components loaded to a more scrutinized process past 600 yards at a minimum the argument kind of falls apart.

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