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Reloading
My reloading process.
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<blockquote data-quote="AJ Peacock" data-source="post: 229116" data-attributes="member: 4885"><p>I don't turn the cartridge to make the bullet line up better, I turn the cartridge to remove any misalignment in the cartridge/shellholder. I just turn it a little to remove any stress/misalignment that might have occurred. Sometimes you can feel the cartridge is a little (.001" or so) off center in the sleeved seating dies. Spinning it a little seems to perfectly center the cartridge under the bullet (at least thats how I see it).</p><p></p><p>I have seated the bullets quickly without turning, and slowly without turning, and the best concentricity measurements I achieve are with the process I've documented above. Take some of your perfectly straight necks and seat the bullet quickly with a lot of force and see what happens to them. My process certainly doesn't fix bad brass, but I believe it limits additional runout. If you have a better way to 'limit additional runout during the reloading process' please enlighten us.</p><p></p><p>As far as the electronic powder dispensing system adding or subtracting, you are probably right. I do believe it is accurate enough for anything I am doing. I've weighed several small items repeatedly with this scale. I've written the weight on the items with a sharpie marker. Every time I weigh them, they register the EXACT same amount. That amount may not be the 'actual mass of the item', but for my loads, as long as I can recreate the load EXACTLY, I am happy. Repeatability is the key, and the Chargemaster lets me do that quickly. I know the chargemaster is faster for me than any other accurate method I have used.</p><p></p><p>AJ</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AJ Peacock, post: 229116, member: 4885"] I don't turn the cartridge to make the bullet line up better, I turn the cartridge to remove any misalignment in the cartridge/shellholder. I just turn it a little to remove any stress/misalignment that might have occurred. Sometimes you can feel the cartridge is a little (.001" or so) off center in the sleeved seating dies. Spinning it a little seems to perfectly center the cartridge under the bullet (at least thats how I see it). I have seated the bullets quickly without turning, and slowly without turning, and the best concentricity measurements I achieve are with the process I've documented above. Take some of your perfectly straight necks and seat the bullet quickly with a lot of force and see what happens to them. My process certainly doesn't fix bad brass, but I believe it limits additional runout. If you have a better way to 'limit additional runout during the reloading process' please enlighten us. As far as the electronic powder dispensing system adding or subtracting, you are probably right. I do believe it is accurate enough for anything I am doing. I've weighed several small items repeatedly with this scale. I've written the weight on the items with a sharpie marker. Every time I weigh them, they register the EXACT same amount. That amount may not be the 'actual mass of the item', but for my loads, as long as I can recreate the load EXACTLY, I am happy. Repeatability is the key, and the Chargemaster lets me do that quickly. I know the chargemaster is faster for me than any other accurate method I have used. AJ [/QUOTE]
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