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Checking case wall runout
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<blockquote data-quote="milanuk" data-source="post: 256089" data-attributes="member: 376"><p>Mike,</p><p></p><p>Thanks for the input... thats certainly thorough! Unfortunately I need a little higher yield than that from a given batch... brass may be 'cheap' in the final cost analysis, but 1000 -> ~85 *perfect* cases.... wow! My hat's off to you, though, for your perserverance. I do have a few questions, if you don't mind.</p><p></p><p>What kind of brass are you starting with? I'm dealing with Winchester .308 Win at the moment - which is relatively cheap, but I do expect a fair (20-40%) of culls. If I had that sort of rejection ratio with say, the Lapua 6.5-284 brass I just purchased for $102 per box... I'd be a little disappointed, to say the least (and broke!).</p><p></p><p>Could you go into a little detail on your procedure for sorting by water volume? A while back I did a test of case weight to water volume to muzzle velocity... and found out the hard way just how poorly virgin brass water volume tracked w/ MV, so I understand that part. I'm curious if you have any tips/tricks for making it less... tedious, and more repeatable (I had a very hard time getting the meniscus level, even with some dish soap in the water - it made a noticeable improvement, but the whole process was still very, very long and drawn out). Also, in a recent conversation w/ Ed Dillon of NECO about QuickLoad, he stipulated to take some thick grease and use that to fill/seal the primer pocket for water testing, as spent primers had too much variability both in their own weight and in the voids for water to get into and fill, thereby skewing the readings.</p><p></p><p>Thanks,</p><p></p><p>Monte</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="milanuk, post: 256089, member: 376"] Mike, Thanks for the input... thats certainly thorough! Unfortunately I need a little higher yield than that from a given batch... brass may be 'cheap' in the final cost analysis, but 1000 -> ~85 *perfect* cases.... wow! My hat's off to you, though, for your perserverance. I do have a few questions, if you don't mind. What kind of brass are you starting with? I'm dealing with Winchester .308 Win at the moment - which is relatively cheap, but I do expect a fair (20-40%) of culls. If I had that sort of rejection ratio with say, the Lapua 6.5-284 brass I just purchased for $102 per box... I'd be a little disappointed, to say the least (and broke!). Could you go into a little detail on your procedure for sorting by water volume? A while back I did a test of case weight to water volume to muzzle velocity... and found out the hard way just how poorly virgin brass water volume tracked w/ MV, so I understand that part. I'm curious if you have any tips/tricks for making it less... tedious, and more repeatable (I had a very hard time getting the meniscus level, even with some dish soap in the water - it made a noticeable improvement, but the whole process was still very, very long and drawn out). Also, in a recent conversation w/ Ed Dillon of NECO about QuickLoad, he stipulated to take some thick grease and use that to fill/seal the primer pocket for water testing, as spent primers had too much variability both in their own weight and in the voids for water to get into and fill, thereby skewing the readings. Thanks, Monte [/QUOTE]
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