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

Originally Posted by Ftx325

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.

Is this just for hunting ammo ?
If so at most I would suggest.
De cap
Clean primer pockets
Anneal (more important for big magnums)
Clean/ tumble if you like post cleaning
Full length size
Trim
Chamfer
And load those bitches up
Others may have other ideas but that is the most I would do for hunting ammo.
It's all I do and for a long time I didn't even do half of that when I started with my 270win.