Quote Originally Posted by chainsaw
Then why would you say that fireformed and neck sized brass doesn,t last longer than fl sized brass?i have personally got 12 to 18 loads just neck sizing,and have never got more than 7 or 8 loads when fl sizing.
You are over working the brass when you are fl sizing, you need to adjust the die so that it is only bumping the brass back .002. I get 20+ loadings on brass that is FL sized. I won a match Benchrest mach last month with a .264 aggregate with brass that has been loaded 18 times. Everytime it was FL sized, and it shows NO signs of being work hardened, or giving up any accuracy.

Last year I won a factory class varmint shoot with a Savage 22/250 that the brass has been fl sized at least 10 times. (And this is cheap Win brass.)

Like I said in my original post the people that are still neck sizing brass think that if it ain't broken why fix it. All I can say is if you don't believe Benchrest shooters are Full legnth resizing, read Mike Ratigans (Hall of fame member, and USA BR team member for several years standing.) book Extream Rifle Accuracy.
http://extremerifleaccuracy.com/
Watch Jack Nearys tuning video.
http://savageshooters.com/SavageForu...c,36009.0.html
Check out Benchrest Central.
http://benchrest.com/showthread.php?...rs+neck+sizing