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Offline sachel.45

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which case resizer?
« on: November 13, 2006, 06:58:39 AM »
i'm looking into reloading and was wondering what resizer i should get full length or just neck? this is for my weatherby vanguard 30-06 keep in mind this will be for a lee hand press thanks
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Re: which case resizer?
« Reply #1 on: November 13, 2006, 08:41:18 AM »
I prefer full-length resising for hunting cartridges, even if I'm loading for just one gun. That's a preference toward reliability of feeding. You will find a lot of people who get perfectly good results. You usually lose some case life when you do full length resizing instead of neck resizing.  I think most guys use full-length resizing because that's what most dies do.

Another option is to neck-size your ammo, then go to the range and chamber each round before hunting with it to be sure they will all chamber correctly.
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