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<blockquote data-quote="AKSavage" data-source="post: 1250599" data-attributes="member: 95938"><p>Mike I actually have gone though the Berger process of testing, going back .01" at a time all the way back to .05" off, but the most consistent and accurate was still lightly jammed. I could of course repeat the process, but I really don't feel like starting over at this point. Another part of the equation is that I'm shooting a slower powder, so the case is pretty full. Before I got any throat erosion this was a fairly compressed load. I start compressing powder at .02 off the lands, and the deeper I go the more resistance and spring back I get when seating bullets. Now, with a little more room to seat bullets out, I'm not crunching powder at all. I've shot plenty of compressed loads before, but it's one less complication to worry about.</p><p></p><p>Also, I don't have any trouble with the donuts. I anneal and neck turn my brass, and if I feel anything other than easy, smooth pressure when seating bullets I fix it. Seating the bullets with the base of the bullet right at the shoulder/neck junction of the brass has never produced any problems for me. I do appreciate your input, but I think I'm with bigngreen on this one. It seems like I still have plenty of barrel life left, and when I run out of magazine length I can either rebarrel or go with bullets that have s shorter nose than the Berger VLDs, such as Amax or SMKs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AKSavage, post: 1250599, member: 95938"] Mike I actually have gone though the Berger process of testing, going back .01" at a time all the way back to .05" off, but the most consistent and accurate was still lightly jammed. I could of course repeat the process, but I really don't feel like starting over at this point. Another part of the equation is that I'm shooting a slower powder, so the case is pretty full. Before I got any throat erosion this was a fairly compressed load. I start compressing powder at .02 off the lands, and the deeper I go the more resistance and spring back I get when seating bullets. Now, with a little more room to seat bullets out, I'm not crunching powder at all. I've shot plenty of compressed loads before, but it's one less complication to worry about. Also, I don't have any trouble with the donuts. I anneal and neck turn my brass, and if I feel anything other than easy, smooth pressure when seating bullets I fix it. Seating the bullets with the base of the bullet right at the shoulder/neck junction of the brass has never produced any problems for me. I do appreciate your input, but I think I'm with bigngreen on this one. It seems like I still have plenty of barrel life left, and when I run out of magazine length I can either rebarrel or go with bullets that have s shorter nose than the Berger VLDs, such as Amax or SMKs. [/QUOTE]
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