dicehorn 38 Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 Trim or Neck/full length size first? I know lots of people trim their cases before they neck size or full length - why? Well because that is what is written in quite a few reloading manuals. Now, if you always trim to near the minimum book length, this is not an issue. However, A lot of reloaders like to keep their cases near the max length so as to have a perfect fit to the rifle's chamber. The reason why I trim AFTER neck/full sizing is this and you can prove it yourselves. Take a case, measure it then put it through the die - measure it again - its grown!! You can appreciate that the people near the max length may have difficulty in closing their bolts. So..... that is why I trim after the die, otherwise I could have cases of differing lengths which is not what we want with the production of clones. Quote Link to post
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