neck turners.

[Longshot]

What type of neck turner is everyone using and where did you get it? I'm looking at the Sinclair deluxe but am open to other ideas as well.

 

[257Roberts]

I use a Lyman neck turning adapter for my trimmer.
It works fine for me but I have found that new brass seems to be within .001 to .002 so I see no real advantage to turning necks for my hunting loads.
I do have an RCBS neck reamer and die for 243 and it does produce more consistent neck wall thickness than turning.
Depending on what your are up to and how accurate you want to be.
David

 

[Dmay]

I have a couple Sinclair turners, and they have always worked well. Were I to be in the market for a new one, I would seriously consider the "lathe" model from "21st Century Shooting"......perhaps check it out.

 

[308BAR]

I'm using a K&M neck turner. When you neck turn you want to be able to get and measure at least 0.0005 accuracy. From what I understand BR shooters get their brass to 0.0001 accuracy. The thing i like about the K&M is that you could attach a dial indicator to the neck turner so you don't need a tube micrometer to measure your brass while cutting.

 

[Longshot]

Does the K+M have a micrometer on it?

 

[308BAR]

This Is My Setup. The dial indicator attaches on.

 

[paperslayer]

my own lathe and madrels

 

[dead meat]

I have a Forster neck tool that goes on the case lenght tool.

 

[Longshot]

Well that 21st century mini lathe looks like a pretty dandy tool. Anyone have/use one?

 

[paperslayer]

Sinclair sellls a case holder that is used with any power drill. You can use any case neck trimmer you like and simply use the drill to do the work. Every bit as good and would cost half of what they're asking.

****note lesson learned the hard way and with 8 stitches to boot: wear gloves and don't operate the drill too quickly. my previous effort with just such a set up cause the case to bind in the turner, and the brass that was torn to rat#### turned my thumb into rat####. I was too cocky and too fast.

 

[Longshot]

Interesting. Thanks for the heads up on both the case holder and the thumb issue!

 

[scout]

I'm using a K&M neck turner. When you neck turn you want to be able to get and measure at least 0.0005 accuracy. From what I understand BR shooters get their brass to 0.0001 accuracy. The thing i like about the K&M is that you could attach a dual indicator to the neck turner so you don't need a tube micrometer to measure your brass while cutting.

+1 ... and the most useful item over other brands is the case holder. I've run a few thousand through mine for F-TR on cordless screwdrivers. Learned that rubber/neoprene/etc. lined gloves help to prevent flesh nicks and cuts when neck trimming. Most important is the case trimming you need to do prior to neck turning, as the pilot/cutter indexes off of the mouth - you should just cut a small part into the shoulder - another plug for a Giraud for easy trimming.