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Straighter reloads for $19
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<blockquote data-quote="AJ Peacock" data-source="post: 180311" data-attributes="member: 4885"><p>When I work up a load, I've got to drive 10 miles each way to test it out. It normally took me several trips to get the seating depth correct. I would load 5 rounds each at .001" seating depth drive to the range, setup and test. When I found a depth that worked well, I would invariably have ammo that needed to be reseated or pulled to make the seating depth correct. It was a pain, because I'd shoot 5 that seemed correct and I'd have to go back home to duplicate them and validate the depth. </p><p></p><p> I was recently looking around on Midway's site and found the following hand press <a href="http://www.midwayusa.com/eproductpage.exe/showproduct?saleitemid=410804&t=11082005" target="_blank">MidwayUSA - Lee Hand Press</a></p><p></p><p>I decided I'd order one, then I could reload my ammo .030" too long and just seat them at the range to whatever seating depth I wanted to test. I figured with the price of diesel ($4/gallon) it wouldn't take long to save the $19 for the little hand press.</p><p></p><p>Well, I decided to load up some ammo to test the 200 Accubonds in my 300WSM. I decided to give this little press a full fledged test and use it for the entire reloading process. I resized and seated 20 cartridges and then measured them on my Sinclair concentricity gauge. I was surprised to find 5 of the 20 rounds were absolutley perfect, the needle didn't even move on the concentricity gauge! The highest runout was just barely .002" and most of the rounds where around .001" !</p><p></p><p>I hurriedly measured 20 rounds I had previously made on my bench press and found only 3 'flatliners', but had several that had more than .004" runout and the rest were around .002".</p><p></p><p>It was clear that the little $19 handpress was making straighter ammo than my $200 RCBS press!</p><p></p><p>The brass for both batches came out of the same lot and had been fired the same number of times. I used the same dies (Redding type-S full length) and shellholder. I pushed the shoulder back the same amount on both tests; between .001" and .0015" (measured with a stoney point and my Starrett calipers). Bullets for both batches were out of the same box.</p><p></p><p>Just thought I would share this info with you all.</p><p></p><p>AJ</p><p></p><p>ps: the handpress is normally $21 but is currently on sale for $19</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AJ Peacock, post: 180311, member: 4885"] When I work up a load, I've got to drive 10 miles each way to test it out. It normally took me several trips to get the seating depth correct. I would load 5 rounds each at .001" seating depth drive to the range, setup and test. When I found a depth that worked well, I would invariably have ammo that needed to be reseated or pulled to make the seating depth correct. It was a pain, because I'd shoot 5 that seemed correct and I'd have to go back home to duplicate them and validate the depth. I was recently looking around on Midway's site and found the following hand press [url=http://www.midwayusa.com/eproductpage.exe/showproduct?saleitemid=410804&t=11082005]MidwayUSA - Lee Hand Press[/url] I decided I'd order one, then I could reload my ammo .030" too long and just seat them at the range to whatever seating depth I wanted to test. I figured with the price of diesel ($4/gallon) it wouldn't take long to save the $19 for the little hand press. Well, I decided to load up some ammo to test the 200 Accubonds in my 300WSM. I decided to give this little press a full fledged test and use it for the entire reloading process. I resized and seated 20 cartridges and then measured them on my Sinclair concentricity gauge. I was surprised to find 5 of the 20 rounds were absolutley perfect, the needle didn't even move on the concentricity gauge! The highest runout was just barely .002" and most of the rounds where around .001" ! I hurriedly measured 20 rounds I had previously made on my bench press and found only 3 'flatliners', but had several that had more than .004" runout and the rest were around .002". It was clear that the little $19 handpress was making straighter ammo than my $200 RCBS press! The brass for both batches came out of the same lot and had been fired the same number of times. I used the same dies (Redding type-S full length) and shellholder. I pushed the shoulder back the same amount on both tests; between .001" and .0015" (measured with a stoney point and my Starrett calipers). Bullets for both batches were out of the same box. Just thought I would share this info with you all. AJ ps: the handpress is normally $21 but is currently on sale for $19 [/QUOTE]
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