Neck Turning Equip?

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I am looking to buy a neck turner, however, I'm finding they are not easy to come by. I looked into the Forster hand held but believe it or not WSS has them on their website and not in store.

What are you guys using? What is good and bad? Where did you find it?
 
My suggestion would be to order from Sinclairs.....I believe theirs are the best, I've used 'em for years, and now they have kits and stuff....
 
I use a Lyman. Works well for me. Not a benchrest shooter though, I use it for some brass reforming applications where the neck material ends up to thick.
 
I've used the RCBS turner for about 20 years, has always performed very well. To be honest though I rarely use it now as I find myself purchasing Lapua and Nosler brass. Years ago I tested turned and unturned brass in my mid weight 308 and found that for some brass their was a verrrryyy slight improvement at the bench. I don't have a real bench gun and don't shoot much from the bench so any improvement just didn't seem to be worth while. Still it is nice to try it on some brass just for the fun of it.
 
Google K&M

Great equipment, make sure to get the carbide pilots....the SS ones gall the brass after extended use even with lubing.
 
I use an RCBS Hand Case Neck Turner for much the same reason as commonman, primarily as part of a case forming operation where needed. I use 30-30 cases as a basis of forming 219 Donaldson Wasp brass and have used the neck turner to 'true' things up a little.

And as big boar has mentioned, I've only noticed a slight improvement punching paper. I've recently acquired a Hornady Lock-n-load Concentricity Tool and I'm hoping/thinking that using the two tools in conjunction with eachother 'may' show noticeable positive accuracy results.
 
Some folks like myself a required to turn case necks as the chamber is tight(intentionally) and cases will not chamber unless the necks are turned. I use Sinclair neck turning equipment including their expander die, with proper sized expanders which facilitate the turning as they are slightly smaller then the mandrel.
 
I have the forster neck turning tool but haven't used it yet as i'm waiting for my forster case trimmer to put it on.

I've become a big fan of Forster products lately because of their quality, selection of equipment, ease of ordering from them, and some great experiences with their customer service.

The reason I god the trimmer was after getting the case inspector and noticing that a bunch of my cases weren't looking to hot with neck thickness concentricity and I wanted to experiment with trimming.
 
1/2 MOA said:
I have the Sinclair's and the K&M both are great products but I prefer the K&M.
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I've neck turned thousands of brass. Started with Forster, Sinclair, Hart, settled on K&M. Carbide mandrel doesn't gall and has a donut cutter ground on. I wouldn't use any other now.

NormB
 
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