I'm enjoying your posts. Watching as refresher and to learn from someone new to RU-vid. Gotta say I've not thought of Never Dull in many years. It was, for a short period of my life near and dear to my heart...USN bootcamp.
@@ctdshooting Thank you for your support. I'm not a comp shoorter or hunter. Maybe competition one day. I'd like to see more details of your processes at the reloading and maintenance bench. I've been shooting for 8 years and reloading for about 6. My personal best is 900yards COM on steal with a pro spotter supporting. My firearms are modest... Ruger Precision and accurized Rem 700, both .308 with modest optics. Still on average an MOA shooter with factory ammo (Fed GM-Match 168 & 175 SMK BTHP). Striving to duplicate and improve with hand loads. I've learned 80% of what I know from watching many hours of RU-vid. 20% personal experience. This is what attracted me to your channel. Things like neck tension, jump, brass prep. p.s. on production value. As you learn editing, an unenviable task...move the camera around. Show close ups of you talking and the subject. Investigate lighting techniques. Your knowledge and expereince is valued. I will stay tuned, ask questions and comment. Thanks for taking time to respond.
@@scottnj2503 You're welcome. Another resource would be my website. www.ctdshooting.com/ However, you're going to be your own best teacher. I hope you have fun along the journey. I look forward to your questions and responses.
If you clean your brass well, after knocking the primer out, whether wet or dry method, do you still get that debris off the neck and primer pocket? I tumble with rice and two cups of Nu Finish car polish added.
Hi Hal. I always make sure the necks are clean before resizing (I don't want the fouling to get on the neck bushing). Primer pockets...I really don't know if it makes a difference. I clean them just because I have control over that variable, but if I forget before priming, I don't worry about it. Hope this answers your question.
I'm still on the fence about brushing the inside of the neck with a nylon brush. On my short range benchrest rifle I'm not doing it and its shooting good. But maybe there is something to gain my brushing? Otherwise I do the same steps as you for the short range benchrest rifle.
Brushing the inside makes logical sense - but does it show up on target? I do not know. Obviously, there are way bigger pieces to the accuracy puzzle, but it is one of those situations of: doesn't hurt might help. Thanks for the comment
Thank you for the question. Yes, what is shown in the video and Blog is what I do between firings at a tournament and during hunting seasons. I do anneal competition brass every 3-7 firings and before "big" tournaments regardless of where they are at in the round count. Hunting brass gets annealed roughly the same, but during the off-season. I do a more thorough job of brass work in the off-season shown in this video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MJYCZ1_FXjs.html Hope this answered your question.
Yes, when time permits that will accomplish the same end goal. However, during a tournament or on some high volume hunts (prairie dogs for example) competitors/hunters need to reload their ammo and do not have the time to tumble or ultrasonic clean.
@@ctdshooting if you leave enough time to do it then you do. I shoot in matches and have plenty of time my steps ultrasonic cleaning, dry tumbling, and using a expanding mandrel etc...
@@DS-gd1xw Sounds like you are doing what works for you. Great. In NBRSA/IBS short range Benchrest we have roughly 20 minutes between relays. Good shooting. Thanks for the feedback
@@DS-gd1xw I really appreciate the comments. We all need to do what works for us - which may not be the same for everyone due to different circumstances. That is what Connect The Dots is all about. Giving people different ideas that may (or may not) apply to their type of shooting. Have a good rest of the summer.
