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Did I have unrealistic expectations?
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<blockquote data-quote="westcliffe01" data-source="post: 1071852" data-attributes="member: 35183"><p>I personally have found Sierra match king bullets to be relatively simple to find the "sweet spot" on seating depth. I personally will never have a bullet contact the lands when chambering, there is just too much risk of pulling the bullet out the case when unloading and I usually do not have a cleaning rod in my kit in the field. Worst case scenario you don't notice and chamber another behind it. The next shot will not go well if you manage to pull that off...</p><p></p><p>The "regular" as opposed to hybrid VLD's can be quite fussy to find the right seating depth. Usually I will find the loaded length that is touching the lands in my chamber and just go a hair shorter than that and then do a powder weight progression test looking for pressure signs. Try to pick the 2 highest accuracy nodes and re-assess the seating depth (increasing the "jump"). Watch again for pressure signs since one is reducing case volume.</p><p></p><p>Usually 2 or 3 range sessions are all I need to tune a load and I will do 5 cartridges per configuration. In addition, the first 10 or so need to be "foulers" so that you are not testing your reloads on a clean barrel. Now my 6.5x284 has been an exception in that I have not made much progress in at least 4 range sessions. But it is my only CBI barrel and I may not have the bedding quite right either...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="westcliffe01, post: 1071852, member: 35183"] I personally have found Sierra match king bullets to be relatively simple to find the "sweet spot" on seating depth. I personally will never have a bullet contact the lands when chambering, there is just too much risk of pulling the bullet out the case when unloading and I usually do not have a cleaning rod in my kit in the field. Worst case scenario you don't notice and chamber another behind it. The next shot will not go well if you manage to pull that off... The "regular" as opposed to hybrid VLD's can be quite fussy to find the right seating depth. Usually I will find the loaded length that is touching the lands in my chamber and just go a hair shorter than that and then do a powder weight progression test looking for pressure signs. Try to pick the 2 highest accuracy nodes and re-assess the seating depth (increasing the "jump"). Watch again for pressure signs since one is reducing case volume. Usually 2 or 3 range sessions are all I need to tune a load and I will do 5 cartridges per configuration. In addition, the first 10 or so need to be "foulers" so that you are not testing your reloads on a clean barrel. Now my 6.5x284 has been an exception in that I have not made much progress in at least 4 range sessions. But it is my only CBI barrel and I may not have the bedding quite right either... [/QUOTE]
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