Reloading a .338 Lapua

[bigcdaddy]

My son just bought a Savage in .338 Lapua. I reload several other calibers already. My question is should I buy just a neck sizing die or a full length set. All the brass he has has been shot in his rifle. I believe just sizing the neck is the way to go. It will increase the life of the cases. So what is everyone else doing?

[Sunfish]

Buy a deluxe set with both. If you buy or come across some brass that has not been fired in your rifle you will need the FL die.

[deadeye111]

i have never loaded .338 Lapua but my experience neck sizing smaller calibers is after a few times firing the rounds in the same chamber I needed to use full size die.

[Caster]

You will eventually need a way to bump the shoulder back. Neck sizing is wonderful, but it's not a forever thing. The brass will eventually grow to the point where clambering gets difficult. Then you'll need a way to bump the shoulder back a couple of thousandths.

The RIGHT way here would be to invest in BOTH.

[Tempest455]

You will eventually need a way to bump the shoulder back. Neck sizing is wonderful, but it's not a forever thing. The brass will eventually grow to the point where clambering gets difficult. Then you'll need a way to bump the shoulder back a couple of thousandths.

The RIGHT way here would be to invest in BOTH.

 

Ditto on both.

[bigcdaddy]

Thanks for the info guys. I will get both

[Sidecarist]

I'm curious about the rifle... is it a 110BA?

I've been thinking about long range shooting again.

[bigcdaddy]

It is the 110 FCP. It shoots great so far. We have shot out to 400 yds. Not at moa yet but hand loading should help the groups. And hopefully the shooters will get better as we shoot more as well.

[Tempest455]

What projectile are you loading?

[bigcdaddy]

Haven't bought anything yet. Probably something in the 200-215 gr. range. I will probably try some different bullet weights as we go to try and find the best combo for this gun. We have only shot a few factory loads so far and they were 250 gr.

[Tempest455]

The .338 is really suited to 250-300g.

 

The 250g works pretty nice out to 1,250 yards. Might want to use 300 beyond that.

[bigcdaddy]

The .338 is really suited to 250-300g.

 

The 250g works pretty nice out to 1,250 yards. Might want to use 300 beyond that.

Thanks for the information I will look more at the 250g.

[Tempest455]

Shoot for a velocity in the 2850 range with the 250g and after you find the seating depth and neck tension it likes, should shoot pretty good.