New rifle and reloads
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bstomper
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I will Make up some meaningless load to run some of the brass through its first firing and break in/foul the barrel. I will not get to crazy with the cleaning process. I've never done a break in on any of my other rifles before, simply because didn't know there was such a thing, and they all shoot great. Only accuracy issues I have ever had was with my win 70 7RM when I was cleaning it too much. Once I quit cleaning it so much my groups came back to 1/2 MOA. I will shoot 40 or so round through it before start load development. Thanks for all the help.
mountaincarver
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was out testing some loads today with brass that was fired about 12 times. I loaded 4 rounds of one of my known good loads to check for repeat. before heading out I grabbed 4 new unfired brass from my cabinet (thinking of this thread), ran them through the sizer and loaded same. at the range I shot them both front and back of my testing a new bullet. both shot in the node and real close to same size group.
bstomper
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So what you're saying then is new brass or previously fire brass doesn't make much, if any, difference in velocity or accuracy.
mountaincarver
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my experience has been if i change to new brass that is of another brand or maybe same brand but noticeably different in hardness or thickness then yes, i will see some change in accuracy. on the other hand, if i change to new brass of the same lot that i had been using then no, i havnt seen change in velocity or accuracy. last year i had an experience of my groups opening up somewhat in a 6.5. i had started out with what i would say was descent brass. as it wore out i changed to a new batch. things were going well and suddenly after 3 reloading's my accuracy was diminishing. i adjusted my load to find i couldn't get it any better than what i was shooting. someone on this forum had talked about brass issues and it sounded similar to my problem. i ordered and started using a high quality brass. my groups were back in to the best they had been and the powder charge was the same. when i start loading new brass from that batch, i don't see any difference between the first firing and the second. im definitely not saying that it doesn't happen but the 2 rifles i have been working with this year has stayed in the node. i have though read many posts of people warning about first firings, and i wont doubt it because that is when the brass will expand the most. hope it shoots good for you and you don't have to chase the node.
bstomper
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I am using new hornady brass. Hopefully it a decent brass
