Originally Posted by
BarrelNuts
By "stretching out" I mean going past 500... I'd love to get to 1k+ however facilities in my area are hard to find... the closest is about 3 hours away. My up-to-now case prep for reloading has been with my .25-06; which is used primarily for hunting within 300 yards. My normal routine is to run the brass through a tumbler cleaner, run the case through a full length resizing die, then clean the primer pocket. I then use a flash hole deburrer/uniformer, then if needed trimmer, deburr and chamfer the mouth and go from there... I get pretty good results using this process even with re-using factory brass; usually between 1/2 and 3/4" at 100 from a sand bag when I do my part (regular 111xp package with 3-9x40 Nikon). As far as length I shoot 100gr NBTs; I basically make them same OAL as the 100gr NBT Federal Premium factory stuff; obviously not the most precise but it has worked so far. I'm also pretty sure that if I worked with developing it I would be able to get more accuracy; up until now hasn't made much sense to really do so since it holds "minute of deer" very well within 300 yards.
Not sure what else would go into case prep; any pointers would be appreciated. For the .260 I just built (still waiting on glass) I'm starting with new lapua brass, Nosler 129gr ABLR, and IMR 4350... Plan on doing a FL size on the first load and neck size only from then on.
With LR shooting it seems like there are a hundred variables that can be tweaked/adjusted and if they are all working together then the results are beautiful; if one is off then you spend your time trying to figure out which variable it is and which direction to change it in!