neck sizing vs full length sizing

[Mr. Friendly]

I'm curious how often you can use rifle and pistol brass with just neck resizing before you usually need to do a full length resize?

I'd guess that load capacity affects it...whether it's light, moderate or high pressure.

thanks!

 

[GunsNotPuns]

I only neck size 30-06 and .303 Brit so I can't speak to pistol calibres but I find that I usually hit 2-3 reloads out of that brass before I decide to full-length. Could I go longer before FL sizing? Probably, but 3 or so is usually where I'll do a FL again.

 

[t-star]

depends on the gun without sounding moronic- you have to full length resize for all autos, pumps and levers- they don't have the camming action necessary to seat neck sized cartridges- bolts you can get away with just neck- all your pistols are full length as well, and a good one to follow is a 3-4 and out for the 305 regardless of the pressure

 

[Melnibonean]

depends on the gun without sounding moronic- you have to full length resize for all autos, pumps and levers- they don't have the camming action necessary to seat neck sized cartridges- bolts you can get away with just neck- all your pistols are full length as well, and a good one to follow is a 3-4 and out for the 305 regardless of the pressure

Couldn't have said it better. t-star is bang on

I personally full size everything. Pistol for sure, but also all my rifle rounds for bolt, semi, or lever. Never saw a difference, and in fact, in some instances, I have to use a small base die to full re-size cases for my Savage 10TR