first crack agt reloading success

gelert

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Ok,following from all my posts and everyones kind input.Had a very successfull evening at the range tonight,and in all honesty i am extatic with the results.I started with .2 increments in powder,with results varying up to and eventually 39gr,much better than any factoryammo Ive had.
I know it's early days but i have a few tweeks to go.
1 thing i didn't do was trim the cse,the only reason were the sizes were carying in length but the over all cartridge lengths were similar,wtith bullet seated similar in all loads.

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Thanks again for everyones help.
 

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Ok,following from all my posts and everyones kind input.Had a very successfull evening at the range tonight,and in all honesty i am extatic with the results.I started with .2 increments in powder,with results varying up to and eventually 39gr,much better than any factoryammo Ive had.
I know it's early days but i have a few tweeks to go.
1 thing i didn't do was trim the cse,the only reason were the sizes were carying in length but the over all cartridge lengths were similar,wtith bullet seated similar in all loads.

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Thanks again for everyones help.

You've got something right there! Make sure you record all the details. I've forgotten to do this more than once thinking I would remember.

Just be careful with case length. The cases may not have needed trimming this time round but with resizing they will soon stretch and the last thing you want is pressure problems if the case starts encroaching on the lands.
 
You've got something right there! Make sure you record all the details. I've forgotten to do this more than once thinking I would remember.

Just be careful with case length. The cases may not have needed trimming this time round but with resizing they will soon stretch and the last thing you want is pressure problems if the case starts encroaching on the lands.

Wow!! that sure is one serious problem if the case stretches to anywhere near the lands :eek:

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If you look at the drawing of a chamber you will see that the problem that we avoid by trimming cases
is at the juncture of the neck and 'second shoulder'.
An over length case will 'crimp' a bullet at this point causing pressure problems.
 
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Wow!! that sure is one serious problem if the case stretches to anywhere near the lands :eek:

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If you look at the drawing of a chamber you will see that the problem that we avoid by trimming cases
is at the juncture of the neck and 'second shoulder'.
An over length case will 'crimp' a bullet at this point causing pressure problems.

Well done jb. You knew what I was getting at! Where did you find the picture?
 
Ok,following from all my posts and everyones kind input.Had a very successfull evening at the range tonight,and in all honesty i am extatic with the results.I started with .2 increments in powder,with results varying up to and eventually 39gr,much better than any factoryammo Ive had.
I know it's early days but i have a few tweeks to go.
1 thing i didn't do was trim the cse,the only reason were the sizes were carying in length but the over all cartridge lengths were similar,wtith bullet seated similar in all loads.

View attachment 19598

Thanks again for everyones help.

Excellent results - is the 5 shots?
 
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