Will be starting to reload, mostly for some obsolete calibers like .303 Savage, some special .35 Rem loads, .35 Whelen, 338.06, mostly for levers but some bolts. I'm not a high volume shooter, this will be all for hunting loads.

I'm thinking that full length might be better for me since I don't plan to reload each case an excessive amount of times.

I will however be loading a bunch of .308 that was previously fired in another gun so this will need full length anyway.

Sound about right?

I full-length size my cases every time. I check them for length and trim almost every time. I believe that my reloads are very consistent and I'm happy with them.

I full length all of my cases. The only rifles I have that dont shoot well with them have crooked chambers. I just seat the bullets to jam .005 in these two, they shoot ok then. The rifles I have with straight chambers shoot good whether the bullets jump .060 or are jammed. My .308 has .170 jump with Nosler 150gr BT and it could care a less, still shoots like a house afire.

Hunting loads require full-length (read, "partial") re-sizing for feed reliability. If you want to get sexy, use the Redding competition shellholders and full-length bushing dies. Neck-sizing is target stuff to maximize the life of the brass.

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Originally posted by Recoil Rob:
I will however be loading a bunch of .308 that was previously fired in another gun so this will need full length anyway.

Sound about right?

Not necessarily, they may fit in your chamber anyway, but at least you'll get them all the same.

I'd watch totaly FLS'ing, if some old clunker has an excess headspace you could get head seperation by about load 3.
It's not much trouble to see how much difference there is between a neat fit (PFLS) and a just loose fit.
Some of my rifles need a hard FLS just to fit in the chamber. One target rifle needed two goes in the die, and then came loose AFTER fireing.

As long as it is fired in the same rifle.. neck sizing is fine..

When I neck size a case, I chamber it in the firearm to make sure it chambers with no resistance...before I resized the rest...

If neck sizing works for that load, I run with it.. if it is hard to chamber, then I go with a full length resize...