by Sarco » 08 Aug 2017, 10:16 pm
To me all reloading is about consistency.
That is regardless of if I am target shooting or hunting, I want my rounds to perform consistently. Over 20 years of reloading, I have found case preparation gives consistency.
Therefore, I start out with new cases and full length resize. trim to length which also squares of the case mouth for consistent neck tension. De-burr flash holes, prime, load, shoot, clean (wet tumble in pins).
Shot cases, I neck size only (I only load for my rifles). Nearly always, I find that new cases rarely fire form with an even case mouth, so I trim to square the mouth again, prime, load shoot clean. Same process again, less squaring mouths as it not usually required, though it is with some types of cases..