Patriot
NES Member
A few questions.
1) Why Trim when you don't have to? If it meets the case gauge criteria so what if it's not
quite the same length as the other cases. I realize that this might produce slightly different
bullet characteristics but is it enough to care about for everyday range fodder?
2) When triming, the Lyman book has a 'trim to' value of 1.750" yet I see a number of different
posters sizing to other values. Why? Is it rifle sensitive? If so, how/what does one measure
to obtain optimal trimming dimensions for his/her rifle?
3) For those that size to a 'trim to' value what is your criteria for precision? .001"? Less? More?
ETA: Updated post to change size to trim.
1) Why Trim when you don't have to? If it meets the case gauge criteria so what if it's not
quite the same length as the other cases. I realize that this might produce slightly different
bullet characteristics but is it enough to care about for everyday range fodder?
2) When triming, the Lyman book has a 'trim to' value of 1.750" yet I see a number of different
posters sizing to other values. Why? Is it rifle sensitive? If so, how/what does one measure
to obtain optimal trimming dimensions for his/her rifle?
3) For those that size to a 'trim to' value what is your criteria for precision? .001"? Less? More?
ETA: Updated post to change size to trim.
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