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How far can I expect to shoot with this load?
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<blockquote data-quote="foggybottombob" data-source="post: 789137" data-attributes="member: 38894"><p>It can't hurt to try things. Typically a bullet with a tangent ogive is not very sensitive to seating depth and a bullet with a secant ogive likely will be sensitive to seating depth. There are exceptions. I don't know what bullet you are shooting.</p><p></p><p>A couple of other things to remember about seating touching the lands is that pressure goes up exponentially under this condition. You will need to back off your powder charge two tenths of a grain or so if you try loads with the bullet touching or jammed into lands. Then you can work back up to where you were if there are no pressure signs. I don't know your level of reloading experience but remember to trim cases so that you don't get raised pressure from a too long case neck being crimped onto the bullet because it was forced too far into a chamber.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="foggybottombob, post: 789137, member: 38894"] It can't hurt to try things. Typically a bullet with a tangent ogive is not very sensitive to seating depth and a bullet with a secant ogive likely will be sensitive to seating depth. There are exceptions. I don't know what bullet you are shooting. A couple of other things to remember about seating touching the lands is that pressure goes up exponentially under this condition. You will need to back off your powder charge two tenths of a grain or so if you try loads with the bullet touching or jammed into lands. Then you can work back up to where you were if there are no pressure signs. I don't know your level of reloading experience but remember to trim cases so that you don't get raised pressure from a too long case neck being crimped onto the bullet because it was forced too far into a chamber. [/QUOTE]
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