Thread: More Learnings and Questions Using Redding Competition Shell Holders.

Originally Posted by Cyclops

When you shoot these cases can you tell the difference @grandpamac?

My experience is that there are bigger sources of error in the shooting environment.
Unless you're a benchrest shooter you probably won't the differenc

I'm a minimalist reloader. u
There's many more reloading steps I could do, but until I can shoot more accurately I don't/won't invest the effort.

I mainly reload .308, full length every time, ultrasonic clean, prime, load shoot. Repeat.
Have recently started to trim and anneal when my cases got to 2.025 - 2.030 long after 15 firings. The SAAMI spec is 2.015.

Thanks fror that @Cyclops,
I fully appreciate that this may be a lot of busy work for not much (if any) return and I have had a pretty minimalist approach in the past. These days the handloading is becoming the main event rather than a means to an end and I offer a window on my fumblings for others enjoyment rather than emulation. I probably have enough ammunition already loaded to see me out for hunting if I am brutally honest. I just follow my nose through most of this stuff. The case headspace measurement has led to a better understanding of tolerances and the shell holders will help in loading more than one rifle in each calibre. At least it keeps me out of the saloons. A selective OCD does have something to do with it.
Thanks and regards Grandpamac.