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Best reloader for Precision long range?
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<blockquote data-quote="Bart B" data-source="post: 1147821" data-attributes="member: 5302"><p>Yes, the RCBS Rockchucker's one of the best.</p><p></p><p>Get a beam scale; they're more repeatable than digital ones and are impervious to temperature and electrical issues. You don't need exact charge weights; a 1/10th grain spread of all powder charges has better repeatability for burning than the best primer pellets made. That'll easily produce 1/2 MOA 15-shot test groups at 1000 yards if you and the rest of your stuff are up to it.</p><p></p><p>As for dies, the best commercial sizing one these days is a full length sizing die from Forster that they've honed the neck out to .002" smaller than a loaded round's neck diameter. Close seconds are full bushing dies from Redding or RCBS with a bushing diameter sized the same way. Those dies will make resized bottleneck cases straight enough that you could probably seat bullets with a ball peen hammer and get excellent accuracy. Use a standard seater and it'll do fine.</p><p></p><p>The standard Lee priming tool is very good, costs little and is easy to use.</p><p></p><p>A case headspace gauge to measure sized cases to ensure their shoulders are set back about .002" for best accuracy and very long case life. RCBS Precision Mic or Hornady LNL are good ones.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bart B, post: 1147821, member: 5302"] Yes, the RCBS Rockchucker's one of the best. Get a beam scale; they're more repeatable than digital ones and are impervious to temperature and electrical issues. You don't need exact charge weights; a 1/10th grain spread of all powder charges has better repeatability for burning than the best primer pellets made. That'll easily produce 1/2 MOA 15-shot test groups at 1000 yards if you and the rest of your stuff are up to it. As for dies, the best commercial sizing one these days is a full length sizing die from Forster that they've honed the neck out to .002" smaller than a loaded round's neck diameter. Close seconds are full bushing dies from Redding or RCBS with a bushing diameter sized the same way. Those dies will make resized bottleneck cases straight enough that you could probably seat bullets with a ball peen hammer and get excellent accuracy. Use a standard seater and it'll do fine. The standard Lee priming tool is very good, costs little and is easy to use. A case headspace gauge to measure sized cases to ensure their shoulders are set back about .002" for best accuracy and very long case life. RCBS Precision Mic or Hornady LNL are good ones. [/QUOTE]
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