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Minimum book load w/ high pressure signs
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<blockquote data-quote="Wile E Coyote" data-source="post: 773596" data-attributes="member: 28381"><p>Red, </p><p> </p><p>Here's how I arrive at my numbers. I use a Stony Point OAL gauge with the particular bullet used to locate the lands. The bullets are then seated .100" back from that measured point. Hornady makes the tool now. I've been using it to locate the seating depth for quite some time now, especially with VLD bullets. For me, this has become a matter of practice now. </p><p> </p><p>One may ask why .100"? In most of my other rifles, in various calibers, my accurate loads are not set close to the lands but back; sometimes quite a bit. That includes the VLD's. </p><p> </p><p>As for the cases, they are brand new, out of the bag. They were sized as a matter of practice. The sizing die is set to the shoulder height of a recently fired case, minus .003". I check this at each loading session but this has never needed to be readjusted since the initial setting. After resizing the new brass those shoulders were approx.009" to .010" from that length just mentioned. Out of curiosity last night, I measured a few of the untouched cases in the bag and they are also about .010". </p><p> </p><p>What I'm finding interesting is the differences between loading data. Minimum in one book is near max in another. </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Pete</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wile E Coyote, post: 773596, member: 28381"] Red, Here's how I arrive at my numbers. I use a Stony Point OAL gauge with the particular bullet used to locate the lands. The bullets are then seated .100" back from that measured point. Hornady makes the tool now. I've been using it to locate the seating depth for quite some time now, especially with VLD bullets. For me, this has become a matter of practice now. One may ask why .100"? In most of my other rifles, in various calibers, my accurate loads are not set close to the lands but back; sometimes quite a bit. That includes the VLD's. As for the cases, they are brand new, out of the bag. They were sized as a matter of practice. The sizing die is set to the shoulder height of a recently fired case, minus .003". I check this at each loading session but this has never needed to be readjusted since the initial setting. After resizing the new brass those shoulders were approx.009" to .010" from that length just mentioned. Out of curiosity last night, I measured a few of the untouched cases in the bag and they are also about .010". What I'm finding interesting is the differences between loading data. Minimum in one book is near max in another. Pete [/QUOTE]
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