Thread: Neck turning...is it worth doing ?

Anybody that neck turns a hunting rifle is either a F class shooter that can't help themselves or a hunter that reads just enough information to be dangerous.
Do not neck turn a hunting rifle period!

Agree. Unless your a highly competitive benchrest shoot why bother

Why bother cleaning cases, uniforming flash holes, trimming necks, sizing cases, accurately measuring powder, precisely seating primers, selecting a primer, powder, projectile combo your rifle likes, etc, etc? Because they all add up to more accurate shooting.

Aside from the the basics, I feel there is no better way to improve accuracy and consistency than neck turning and bushing dies. Yes, possibly only small improvements, but if someone wants to do it and feels it’s worth the minimal effort, good luck to them.

Originally Posted by Taupohunter

Anybody that neck turns a hunting rifle is either a F class shooter that can't help themselves or a hunter that reads just enough information to be dangerous.
Do not neck turn a hunting rifle period!

It doesn't hurt to clean up the necks. It improves accuracy and maybe only removes .001-2" off the fat side of the case. If you continue loading lopsided cases you introduce more and more runout. So It still applies to hunting rifles imo.

Ive never met an actual benchrest shooter but shooting beyond 700m at an NRA club your ammo has to be as consistant as you can make it.

Originally Posted by Taupohunter

Anybody that neck turns a hunting rifle is either a F class shooter that can't help themselves or a hunter that reads just enough information to be dangerous.
Do not neck turn a hunting rifle period!

Well my mentor is both of those.
He has explained the reason for turning which makes sense to me and as my rifle is for long range hunting and he has the gear to do it I have done all but thirty rounds. The last thirty I have left unturned as an experiment to see if it does have a noticable impact on accuracy at longer ranges and it will be interesting to see just how much effect it has. Probably no more than any inherent variation from my shooting but only one way to find out....
Very interesting comments on here though , and if it was for short range bush rifle I agree there wouldn't be much point in doing it . But for longer ranges I guess every little thing that you can do is worth doing as it must all add up in the end to make a difference , otherwise why not just use factory rounds full stop and save all the time and expense making your own....?