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

Originally Posted by dannyb

Do you batch weigh your brass ?
Do you anneal ?
Do you uniform your flash holes ?
Do you trim ?
Do you batch weigh your projectiles ?
Do you clean and tumble your brass ?
Probably a whole heap of other stuff I'm yet to learn about
It all makes a difference but how far fown the rabbit hole do you wanna go ?
What's your end goal ?
If I can get consistent 1/2" groups without doing most of the above I'm pretty happy but I load for hunting not competition.

As you all may know I am learning the art of reloading for the 338 and my boss who is a keen long range competition shooter has taken me under his wing.
As a comp man he has me doing things to my brass I had no idea was required or even possible.
As I write this I am currently resting my hands from neck turning 40 odd of 150 ish cases and also reaming off the flash hole scrag internally. And yes I will apparently be annealing the brass along with several other things.
And after seeing the amount of brass in the container catching the offcuts from the turning I am feeling a little nervous as to whether it is really necessary and worth doing....
I have not seen anyone else mention this procedure or any reloading you tube vids that mentioned it so was curious to know if others do it and whether it actually makes a difference in performance. And it's a hunting rifle which kinda seems a little over the top going to this extent if no real benefits.