Outside neck turn tool-which brand?

[berettashotgun]

Getting into the PPC game and gotta' buy a neck turning stuff.And dies, and flags and ...............just trying to keep it reasonable and affordable.
Currently load with redding "s" dies on another caliber, but never have owned a tight necked barrel to my knowledge.
Want to keep it simple, for now, and just looking online I see several brands of neck turning tools. What is best for a working stiff?
I would very much appreciate some advice from experienced folks.
The more I read about tight necked chambers - makes me want to go this route on my next build/purchase.
Any experience and advice about Silver State Armory 6PPC brass would be appreciated. The brass is a few bucks cheaper, but is it worth it for a bench rifle? Just trying to keep it in my price range for now.

 

[Walkalong]

A K&M is what I use. It works very well. The Sinclair tools are very nice as well. We all used Lapua .220 Russian and make 6 PPC from it. I have no idea about the SSA brass, as it wasn't around when I was still actively shooting Benchrest. If it is as good as Lapua, it is very, very, good.

 

[243winxb]

6mm PPC and 6mm PPC USA , there is a difference when buyiing brass. http://benchrest.com/showthread.php?52180-6mm-PPC-and-6mm-PPC-USA Walkalong knows benchrest, i do not. More good reading. http://www.6mmbr.com/6ppc.html

 

[kelbro]

I don't think that there are any 'bad' ones out there. I use a Forsters that works well but the Sinclair handles seem to be easier to use. You need to keep in mind while shopping that the part that holds the case is quite important. You spend a lot of time working with this part in your hand.

You also want as little backlash as possible on the cutter adjustment.

Slow and steady is the way. You can ruin some expensive brass very quickly with a neck trimmer.

I ended up going another route. Pick my brass/bullets. Seat, measure, have Shilen cut my neck to the size I wanted (.001 over). Saved me a lot of time and aggravation.

 

[tommyintx]

+1 for the K&M.

i also have the forester.

 

[Smokey Joe]

Hate to rain on yr parade...

Beretta Shotgun, but "cheap" is the antithesis of "accurate" and "accurate" is the antithesis of "cheap." You said,

.just trying to keep it reasonable and affordable.

But you're talking BENCHREST, for all love! Just page through the Sinclair catalogue, and note that everything in it is (a) extra-fancy, (b) super-accurate, (c) far more fussy than most shooters would be willing to put up with, and (d) very expensive.

If you're getting into benchrest shooting, as anything other than a casual dilletante who really doesn't care whether he wins or loses, you are going to be spending a large amount of money, both for a firearm to use, and for the equipment to reload for it.

Not to mention all the time you'll be spending developing loads, preparing cases, and practice, practice, practicing.

Benchrest requires a considerable amount of dedication, both of time and resources.

And just when you think you have all your ducks in a row, and you'll be able to really score in the next match, your carefully cosseted barrel goes from making .10's to making .20's, and it's off to your 'smith for a new Krieger (for mebbe $300 plus installation.) This is considered a normal expense, BTW, not anything unusual.

Good luck. Hope your stockbroker has some really good news for you.

 

[USSR]

I bought the cheapest one Sinclair sells. Works fine once you get it adjusted to cut to the depth you want. The more expensive one's are nice because the adjustments are better and easier.

Don

 

[Walkalong]

I know people who have more than one neck turner because they do not want to have to re-adjust them.

 

[berettashotgun]

Thanks for the replies, it looks like I'll get 2 neck turners; one from my wife and one from my mother-in-law. Got a bday coming up.
Smokey Joe- I positively understand the expense involved, had to hide a US Optics scope for a few weeks....but she NEVER says squat about engraving expenses on Italian shotguns, go figure.
The rifle I bought is a Wichita arms Rh bolt/Lh port 22" 1-14" twist and a trigger my scale will not measure; it has to be under 1/2lb, that is what is on my practical-bench gun.

 

[USSR]

I know people who have more than one neck turner because they do not want to have to re-adjust them.

I can believe that, Walkalong.

Don

 

[EddieNFL]

I know people who have more than one neck turner because they do not want to have to re-adjust them.

I'm lazy.

Another vote for K&M.

 

[45ACPUSER]

K&M is good to go for money, and Roger has a new Ergo Handle that makes things nicer then other case holders. There is only one 220 Russian Brass to get.....Lapua. Norma has stock 6PPC Brass.

 

[Afy]

I use a Sinclair. They are good and easy to use.
Lapua is my choice of brass, then again I shoot 6 BR rather than PPC.

 

[jimwilliam033137]

As a new bench rest shooter I can only advise find a good mentor. Get the basics down first, rifle, rest, ammo from prepped brass, learn to shoot then if you really want to turn brass go for it. Scale to back up measure ($285 for a Harrels), chronograph to fine tune the load after load development for what your rifle likes. Have a few spare barrels ready to break in (after you learn how to clean them without destroying them). When you buy brass, buy as many as you can, at least 200 to 400, sort and group so it will be matched. Uniform the flash holes, trim the inside burrs, learn how to size (bump the shoulder back .001) for your chamber for ease of closing and opening, oil cases when fire forming twice before expecting the ultimate accuracy, trim, deburr inside and outside neck, oops, sorry just take up golf or something simple. Read Tony Boyer's book, as well as others. Good luck, hope to see you at the range.