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    Neck Tension How Much is too much?

    Hey All, noob here. Got my S die setup to bump .002 and a .336 neck bushing. FC brass measured .337 loaded with 175 SMK and necks were consistently .015 thick. Win brass sized with the .336 bushing would not hold a bullet. The necks measured anywhere from .0125-.014. I loaded up a few rds of...
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    OAL and case tension

    Hey All, Total Noob here. I have a factory rifle and to get decent accuracy I must load long. I'm currently at 2.900 OAL and 2.940 puts me into the lands with 175 SMK's. I would like to stretch out to 2.925 but when I measured how much bearing surface was in the case neck, it mic'd out at...