You make some valid points, and yeah .1" very likely is variation in shooter rather than load/seating depth variation. Still fun to play with and good to know that seating depth can make a...
Liked On: 29-12-2020, 02:14 PM
Just buy another rifle to put it on :thumbsup:
Liked On: 29-12-2020, 02:13 PM
Should've done a seating depth ladder :D In all seriousness there are many sage lessons in this thread, I have recently thrown about a lb of unlabeled powder onto the garden as I had 2 bottles...
Liked On: 27-12-2020, 10:16 PM
Glad your ok mate, sorry bout the dodgy phone line dunno what's up with that :oh noes:
Liked On: 27-12-2020, 10:15 PM
I used my mates hornady one the other day, it did a good job with the hornandy solution in it. But I tried cleaning some other cases with detergent then a 1 hour soak in 50:50 vinager and water mix...
Liked On: 27-12-2020, 01:54 PM
I know what conclusion I would be drawing from that :thumbsup: At the end of the day it's hunting ammo, I don't believe all the extra steps are necessary. You will no doubt benefit from the extra...
Liked On: 27-12-2020, 01:50 PM
I'm also wondering if seating depth will effect velocity, as the deeper I seat the pills surely pressure and velocity will increase ? Then again maybe it will be negligible who knows ?
Liked On: 27-12-2020, 01:15 PM
So with my model 70 270win I decided to have a crack. Out of curiosity I measured the distance to the lands with a hornady OAL gauge and got an average length of 2.780" which would normally see me...
Liked On: 27-12-2020, 01:13 PM
So I'm trying something different. I have been watching Eric Cortina's vids on YouTube reference "chasing the lands" and how it's a really inaccurate method of working up a load. So for those that...
Liked On: 27-12-2020, 01:11 PM
Trust me you wont save a cent you'll just shoot more but that's not a bad thing :D In reality you need to be shooting consistently (not just when it counts) before you'll see any benefit at the end...
Liked On: 27-12-2020, 12:46 PM
Out of curiosity how accurate are the factory rounds ? That will tell you a lot about how necessary the other stuff is :thumbsup:
Liked On: 27-12-2020, 12:39 PM
Do you batch weigh your brass ? Do you anneal ? Do you uniform your flash holes ? Do you trim ? Do you batch weigh your projectiles ? Do you clean and tumble your brass ? Probably a whole heap...
Liked On: 27-12-2020, 12:32 PM
You make some valid points, and yeah .1" very likely is variation in shooter rather than load/seating depth variation. Still fun to play with and good to know that seating depth can make a...
Liked On: 27-12-2020, 09:45 AM
Well not dinner but lunch, I shot a very fat stag last week and had my first go at processing all the meat rather than sending it to the butcher. Pretty sure I have cracked it, hung for 10 days then...
Liked On: 26-12-2020, 03:27 PM
Quite right, my bad we are using a coverted display/drinks fridge :thumbsup: dunno bout the op, but for our application leaving the skin on gives the best result.
Liked On: 24-12-2020, 06:55 PM