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Bullet lube when seating?
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<blockquote data-quote="Greyfox" data-source="post: 869762" data-attributes="member: 10291"><p>I did not test at 1000 yards with my competition rifles since the max is generally 600 yards or less. At this range my results were good. I have applied this approach to my LR hunting rifles in 6.5x 284 and 300WM and tested these rifles at 1000+ yards. The groups hold .5MOA or less with good symetry. However, I don't generally hold my hunting rifles to the same standard as my competition rifles. For either type of shooting I do I have found that I can keep my performance by annealing every 4-5 firings. I do find it necessary to lube the bullet after annealing for reasons mentioned in my previous post. With most all my loads I tend to size the neck so bullet seating has little resistence and feels quite smooth during the seating process. If this is not the case I will lube, or determine if its time to anneal, or discard the brass. I have found that the greater the seating pressure the higher the chances of developing excessive runouts and variation in OAL.</p><p> If I get into competing at longer ranges I will try your approach for sure.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Greyfox, post: 869762, member: 10291"] I did not test at 1000 yards with my competition rifles since the max is generally 600 yards or less. At this range my results were good. I have applied this approach to my LR hunting rifles in 6.5x 284 and 300WM and tested these rifles at 1000+ yards. The groups hold .5MOA or less with good symetry. However, I don't generally hold my hunting rifles to the same standard as my competition rifles. For either type of shooting I do I have found that I can keep my performance by annealing every 4-5 firings. I do find it necessary to lube the bullet after annealing for reasons mentioned in my previous post. With most all my loads I tend to size the neck so bullet seating has little resistence and feels quite smooth during the seating process. If this is not the case I will lube, or determine if its time to anneal, or discard the brass. I have found that the greater the seating pressure the higher the chances of developing excessive runouts and variation in OAL. If I get into competing at longer ranges I will try your approach for sure. [/QUOTE]
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