Steve,
I don't sort my brass or weigh primers-at least not yet.
Most don't need to check concentricity or many of the things you mention.

When it comes to hunting, it boils down to can you shoot your gun accurately enough in field conditions to hit the vitals out to the max distance you have set for yourself.
In reality a SP that is capable of 1 MOA accuracy, will shoot a group just over 5" at 500 yards, if the hunter is capable.
A standard set of Redding dies will get you there most of the time.
For $45 you could send that die to Jim Carstensen JLC and he will convert your full length resizing die and convert it to a bushing neck/full length body die. That allows you to control your neck tension, if you want to do so for a relative low price.
Using a good weapon like the MOA will allow most to shoot under 1" group pretty easily. With using the barrels that Rich typically uses I have shot groups at 100 yards that measured in the .1's, .2's, etc. Pretty easy to shoot under 1" groups.

Don't worry about what others do, as long as you have the basic load skills, and the accuracy you need to put it in the kill zone every-time will have to do more with the user than the gun itself.

There is a lot of precision gear out there for those who want to play that game.

Their goal (sometimes my goal) is different than the majority of hunters.

Last week I helped a church member do load development on his 300 Rem Ultra mag, shooting 180 AB's (97.5 grains of Retumbo and Remmy Mag primers, Remmy brass). Standard Redding dies.
Saturday he had 3-shots @ 100 yards that measured under 1/4". He is 47 years old and it is the best group he has ever shot.
Oh yes, just a 3.5-10x scope.
You can develop good accuracy with good basic equipment.

FWIW-Sweet Jesus is not on the cross!


Ernie the Un-Tactical