How important do you feel that neck turning is?

sll,

Using factory brass in a standard chamber...a waste of time.

Using brass necked down a fair bit, say 284 to 6mm/284 and used in a standard chamber of a very accurate rifle....a very light neck turn can be a plus.

Using a benchrest chamber....there is no option as brass that is not neck turned will not chamber or will be very difficult to chamber.

Mike

Mike is right--if you have a standard hunting rifle you are most likely wasting your time. It would probably be better spent "tuning" the sizing stem on your die to get better runnout. I am really becoming a fan of hornady dies and have found that with a little tuning they make the same rummout as my "neck turned" brass. Also--that eliptical expander sure goes through like butter making neck tension very very consistant.
I think it's only a matter of time before all dies will have eliptical expanders--they are just that good.

For a factory or custom rifle with a SAMMI spec chamber, don't waste your time. Yes, with a tight neck chamber, i.e. benchrest rifle, you will have to turn the necks. If you aren't already set up for neck turning, I don't recommend you starting. There's many more things that are more enjoyable than neck turning 20 to 50 cases, such as getting a root canal. . I know all too well, I got bitten by the BR bug a couple of years ago. Some people sell prepped 6mm PPC cases and that's a good way to go for BR shooting. At times, I think the prepped cases are worth it ( they cost $1.59 ea.).

sll, neck turning works, but you also must use bushing dies without the expander button to get good results.Each gun is different, you don't know till you try. 243winxb

Neckturning is for "advanced benchrest shooter",getting a couple of .001".If you own out of production line rifle;it is a waste of time,far better getting the right dies...

I got the latest "Handloader" in the mail yesterday (I live in Norway) and there was an article about neck turning that confirmes what everybody seems to think about this, no use in a regular hunting rifle. I haven�t tried, but after measuring around the necks of some of my loaded cartridges, 6,5x55, 7RM and .375 HH with brass from Norma, Lapua, Rem. and Winchester I found the neck thikness so consistent that I decided to forget about it. Neck annealing caught my interest though, anybody who has experience with this? Does it help to get consistent neck tension? How often? How? Maybe this should be a whole new thread..
Tron